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Notothylas
Sign in to saveNotothylas is a genus of hornworts in the family Notothyladaceae. The genus is found globally, but is usually overlooked. It is the smallest of all the hornworts, with a yellow-green gametophyte thallus that is seldom more than a centimeter in diameter, and usually much smaller.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumAnthocerotophyta
- ClassAnthocerotopsida
- OrderNotothyladales
- FamilyNotothyladaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 51
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Notothyladaceae
- Collections
- IPA/SP, YPM, FH, FLAS, TENN, MU
- Recorded in
- Brasil, United States, Nigeria, Mexico
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Notothylas is a genus of hornworts in the family Notothyladaceae. The genus is found globally, but is usually overlooked. It is the smallest of all the hornworts, with a yellow-green gametophyte thallus that is seldom more than a centimeter in diameter, and usually much smaller.
The genus Notothylas is also unusual among hornworts in that the sporophyte is bullet-shaped and does not grow very large (less than two millimeters). The sporophytes grow outwards rather than upwards, and like Megaceros, there are no stomata on the surface of the sporophyte. The elater cells do not grow helical thickenings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Notothylas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.