Anthoceros

Anthoceros

Taxobox
name = "Anthoceros"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Anthoceros punctatus" L.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Anthocerotophyta
classis = Anthocerotopsida
ordo = Anthocerotales
familia = Anthocerotaceae
genus = "Anthoceros"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Anthoceros" is a genus of hornworts in the family Anthocerotaceae. The genus is global in its distribution. Its name means 'flower horn', and refers to the characteristic horn-shaped sporophytes that all hornworts produce. The dark color of the spores is the easiest way to distinguish "Anthoceros" from the related genus "Phaeoceros", which produces spores that are yellow.

The genus is distinguished by having spores that are dark brown to black, a relatively frilly thallus when compared to "Phaeoceros", and larger and more internal cavities than "Phaeoceros".

References

* Proskauer, J. (1951). "Studies on Anthocerotales. III". "Bull. Torrey Bot. Club" 78: 331-349.


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