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Anthocerotophyta
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Hornworts are a group of non-vascular Embryophytes (land plants) constituting the division Anthocerotophyta (). The common name refers to the elongated horn-like structure, which is the sporophyte. As in mosses and liverworts, hornworts have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information; the flattened, green plant body of a hornwort is the gametophyte stage of the plant.
OverviewAI-generated
Anthocerotophyta is a taxon classified as a division within the Embryophytes. It is also recognized as a phylum in the kingdom Plantae. The group is commonly associated with the category of hornworts.
The taxon has an accepted status and is estimated to have originated about 90 million years ago. Records of Anthocerotophyta have been documented in the United States, Dominica, New Zealand, Madagascar, and Puerto Rico. These records are held by institutions including CAS, CINC, F, MO, and CEPLAC.
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Species
Anthocerotophyta
PHYLUM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumAnthocerotophyta
角苔門（學名：Anthocerotophyta），是構成苔藓植物的一个门的一組非維管植物。俗名「角苔」是指細長的角狀結構，即角狀的孢子體。如在苔藓植物门和地錢門中，角苔的扁平的綠色植物體是配子體植物。 角苔門在世界各地都可見，但它們往往只生長在潮濕或潮濕的地方。 有些品種大量生長成為花園和耕地土壤中的微小雜草。 大型熱帶和亞熱帶品種的樹角苔屬可以在樹皮上被發現。 角苔門物種總數仍然不確定。 雖然已發表的物種名稱超過300種，但實際數量可能低至100-150種。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 6
- Collections
- CAS, CINC, F, MO, CEPLAC, US
- Recorded in
- United States, Dominica, New Zealand, Madagascar, Puerto Rico, Brasil, Hawaiian Isl, Guyana
Research
98 papers- Phaeocerosperpusillus var. scabrellus (Notothyladaceae, Anthocerotophyta), a new taxon from northern Thailand.PhytoKeys · 2024
- Cuticle structure and chemical composition of waxes in Phaeoceros laevis (L.) Prosk (Notothyladaceae, Anthocerotophyta).Frontiers in plant science · 2022
- Newly found and rediscovered hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) in Poland: Indicators of climate change impact in Central Europe.PhytoKeys · 2024
- Desiccation-rehydration measurements in bryophytes: current status and future insights.Journal of experimental botany · 2022
- The hornworts: morphology, evolution and development.The New phytologist · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Evolutionary history
- Classification
- Phylogeny
- See also
- References
Hornworts are a group of non-vascular Embryophytes (land plants) constituting the division Anthocerotophyta (). The common name refers to the elongated horn-like structure, which is the sporophyte. As in mosses and liverworts, hornworts have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information; the flattened, green plant body of a hornwort is the gametophyte stage of the plant.
Hornworts may be found worldwide, though they tend to grow only in places that are damp or humid. Some species grow in large numbers as tiny weeds in the soil of gardens and cultivated fields. Large tropical and sub-tropical species of Dendroceros may be found growing on the bark of trees.
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