Hornworts are a group of non-vascular plants constituting the division Anthocerotophyta, named for the elongated horn-like structure that is their sporophyte. Like mosses and liverworts, hornworts have a life cycle dominated by the gametophyte stage, the flattened green plant body in which cells carry only a single set of genetic information.
Facts
Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceGametophyte grows as a thin rosette or ribbon-like thallus one to five centimeters in diameter 1 Scientific Name Connections
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. Hornwort, Wikipedia
Introduction, first sentence
Hornworts are a group of non-vascular Embryophytes (land plants) constituting the division Anthocerotophyta
Description section
This stage usually grows as a thin rosette or ribbon-like thallus between one and five centimeters in diameter.
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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
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ191156, descriptionView the Source Wikidata: Anthocerotophyta
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