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Dendroceros
Sign in to saveDendroceros is a genus of hornworts in the family Dendrocerotaceae. The genus contains about 51 species native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumAnthocerotophyta
- ClassAnthocerotopsida
- OrderDendrocerotales
- FamilyDendrocerotaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 145
- With media
- 112
- Family
- Dendrocerotaceae
- Collections
- NY, IBUNAM, CINC, CAS, MU, TENN
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Cuba, Fiji, Madagascar, French Polynesia, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Australia, United States
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Dendrocerotaceae
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- Dendroceros.jpg
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- Dendroceros
- taxon common name
- 树角苔属
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Dendroceros is a genus of hornworts in the family Dendrocerotaceae. The genus contains about 51 species native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
== Description == The epiphytic and epiphyllous Dendroceros is the only desiccation-tolerant hornwort genus. The gametophyte is yellowish-green and usually less than one-half cm wide. The thallus branches in a bifurcating pattern. In the subgenus Apoceros, there are cavities in the central strand of the thallus. The edges of the thallus are only a single layer of cells thick and have an undulating margin. It is common to find symbiotic colonies of blue-green bacteria (usually Nostoc) growing among the cells. Under a microscope, the epidermal cells have trigones.
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