Anthoceros –Habit

Scientific name : Anthoceros
Common name: Hornwort
Classification: Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Anthocerotophyta
Class: Anthocerotopsida
Order: Anthocerotales
Family: Anthocerotaceae
Genus: Anthoceros
Habitat:
1) It is widely distributed in the world's tropical and temperate regions.
2) The hornwort grows in damp hollows, on hills, in ditches, and on moist clay soils.
3) . A few species of Anthoceros thrive on wood that has decayed.
Characteristic Features :
1) The green thallus of Anthoceros species ranges in size from small to medium.
2) There is a symbiotic relationship between species of Nostoc and Anthoceros.
3) Thallus is dark green, prostrate, dorsiventral and the branches are pennately branched or
bilobed.
4)Dorsal surfaceis thin in the middle, lacking a noticeable midrib, ridges, spines, and smooth,
velvety, or rough.
5)Ventral surface has a large number of smooth-walled, unicellular rhizoids .
SIDE NOTE
Anthoceros has around 300 species world wide.