Anthocerotophyta
Sign in to saveHornworts 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.
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Hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) are small, simple land plants named for their distinctive horn-shaped reproductive structures, and like mosses and liverworts, they represent an early evolutionary stage of plant life on land with a body made of cells containing only a single set of genetic information. They matter as members of a fundamental group of non-vascular plants that help us understand how plants first adapted to living outside water and how plant life diversified on Earth.
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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.
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- 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.