Bryophytes Bryophytes 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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anthoceros"
Bryophytes are embryophyte plants ('land plants') that are nevertheless non-vascular: they have tissues and enclosed reproductive systems, but they lack vascular tissue that circulates liquids. They neither flower nor produce seeds, reproducing via spores. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bryophyte"
Dendroceros is a genus in family Dendrocerotaceae of order Anthocerotales, a group of hornworts. The genus contains about 51 species in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dendroceros"
Folioceros is a genus of hornworts in the family Anthocerotaceae. The genus is common locally in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, growing on moist rocks, in fallow fields, and near waterfalls. It has a yellow-green gametophyte thallus that is crispy and translucent, with short branchings that are almost pinnate. Plants are usually less than a centimeter wide and 3 centimeters long. They may be monoicous or dioicous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Folioceros"
Hornworts are a group of bryophytes, or non-vascular plants, comprising the division Anthocerotophyta. The common name refers to the elongated horn-like structure, which is the sporophyte. The flattened, green plant body of a hornwort is the gametophyte plant. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hornwort"
The term incubous is used to describe the way in which the leaves of a leafy liverwort are attached to the stem. If you were to look down from above ( dorsal side) on a liverwort where the leaf attachment is incubous, the upper edge of each leaf would overlap the next higher leaf along the stem. Because of this, the upper edge of each leaf is visible from above, but the lower edge of each leaf is obcured by its neighboring leaf. The opposite of incubous is succubous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Incubous"
(Lejeuneaceae) Some large genera of the family are: Lejeunea, Ceratolejeunea and Cheilolejeunea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lejeuneaceae" There's a bit of http://www.shortopedia.com in all of us.
Megaceros is a genus of hornworts in the family Dendrocerotaceae. The genus is found in east Asia, Australia,in eastern North America and in tropical America. Its name means 'big horn', and refers both to the exceptionally large size of the gametophyte thallus and to the large horn-shaped, sporophyte that the plants produce. Many species have a branching thallus that is more than two centimeters wide. The gametophytes are monoicous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Megaceros (botany)"
Monoclea is a genus of two species, of liverworts. It may be regarded as a family, Monocleaceae (of two species), and as an order, Monocleales (also of two species). ...more on Wikipedia about "Monoclea"
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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Notothylas"
Phaeoceros is a genus of hornworts in the family Anthocerotaceae. The genus is global in its distribution. Its name means 'yellow horn', and refers to the characteristic yellow spores that the plants produce in the horn-shaped sporophyte. The yellow color of the spores is the easiest way to distinguish Phaeoceros from the related genus Anthoceros, which produces spores that are dark brown to black. ...more on Wikipedia about "Phaeoceros"
A protonema (plural: protonemata) is a thread-like chain of cells that forms the earliest stage (the haploid phase) of a bryophyte life cycle. When a moss or liverwort first grows from the spore, it grows as a protonema until it has grown enough to develop into a mature plant. ...more on Wikipedia about "Protonema"
Protosalvinia is a prehistoric plant found commonly in shale from shoreline habitats of the Upper Devonian period. The name Protosalvinia is a misnomer. The name literally means early Salvinia, and was given in the erroneous belief that the fossils were an earlier form of the living aquatic fern Salvinia. It is no longer believed that the fossils come from a fern, but deciding exactly what the fossils represent is still a matter of debate. This is surprising when one considers how much is known about the fossils. ...more on Wikipedia about "Protosalvinia"
Rhizoids, in fungi, are small branching hyphae that grow downwards from the stolons that anchor the fungus. They release digestive enzymes and absorb digested organic material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rhizoid" Tell your opinion about http://www.shortopedia.com
Ricciaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales, with two genera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ricciaceae"
The term succubous is used to describe the way in which the leaves of a leafy liverwort are attached to the stem. If you were to look down from above ( dorsal side) on a liverwort where the leaf attachment is succubous, the lower edge of each leaf would overlap the next lower leaf along the stem. Because of this, the lower edge of each leaf is visible from above, but the edge of the leaf closer to the tip of the stem is obcured by a neighboring leaf. The opposite of succubous is incubous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Succubous"
Takakia is a genus of two species of moss-like plants. The genus is of somewhat uncertain placement: it has been considered a liverwort, or alternately a moss, it having both moss-like and liverwort-like characteristics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Takakia"
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