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plants: the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses. In the strict sense, the division Bryophyta consists of the mosses only. Bryophytes are characteristically

differ from other hornworts in having a reduced sporophyte only a few millimeters tall. The sporophyte in hornworts is unique among bryophytes in being long-lived

Traditionally, the liverworts were grouped together with other bryophytes (mosses and hornworts) in the Division Bryophyta, within which the liverworts made

(also called androgynous) bryophytes produce antheridia and archegonia interspersed in the same cluster. Paroicous bryophytes produce antheridia and archegonia

(mosses), Marchantiophyta (liverworts), and Anthocerotophyta (hornworts). In all bryophytes, the primary plants are the haploid gametophytes, with the only

branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are botanists who have an active interest

Dendroceros is a genus of hornworts in the family Dendrocerotaceae. The genus contains about 51 species native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of

inside the plant parallel with its direction of growth. Unlike other hornworts with symbiotic cyanobacteria that enters through mucilage clefts, the

bryophytes. In order for dioicy to evolve from monoicy it needs two mutations, a male sterility mutation and a female sterility mutation. Hornworts have

Hodgetts (2000). Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: status survey and conservation action plan for bryophytes. IUCN. p. 2. ISBN 9782831704661. Benito C