Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Specy

Hornwort

Mosses and Liverworts

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
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Gametophyte grows as a thin rosette or ribbon-like thallus one to five centimeters in diameter 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Anthocerotophyta 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Anthocerotophyta
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Denmark

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sweden

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

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.
  • lead paragraph (diet), EntityId 300024
    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 Source
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ191156, descriptionView the Source
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]
View the Source
Wikidata: Anthocerotophyta
  • Wikidata Q191156, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.