Anthocerotophyta
Hornworts
Brian R. Speer
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Grolle, R. 1983. Nomina generica Hepaticarum; references, types and synonymies. Acta Bot. Fennica 121:1-62.
Hasegawa, J. 1988. A proposal for a new system of the Anthocerotae, with a revision of the genera. J. Hattori Bot. Lab 64:87-95.
Hassel de Menendez, G. G. 1988. A proposal for a new classification of the genera within the Anthocerotophyta. J. Hattori Bot. Lab 64:71-86.
Hyvonen, J. & Piippo, S. 1993. Cladistic analysis of the hornworts (Anthocerotophyta). J. Hattori Bot. Lab 74:105-119.
Mishler, B. D. & Churchill, S. P. 1985. Transition to a land flora: phylogenetic relationships of the green algae and bryophytes. Cladistics 1:305-328.
Schuster, R. M. 1992. The hepaticae and anthocerotae of North America east of the hundredth meridian, Vol. VI. 937 pp., Field Museum, Chicago.
Information on the Internet
- American Bryological and Lichenological Society
- UCMP Anthocerotophyta exhibit
- Univeristy of Wisconsin hornwort image collection
- Phylum Anthocerophyta: The Hornworts. Land Plants Online, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Title Illustrations
A hornwort (Phaeoceros sp.). Copyright © 1996, University of Wisconsin.
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Brian R. Speer
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- First online 03 June 1996
- Content changed 12 February 1997
Citing this page:
Speer, Brian R. 1997. Anthocerotophyta. Hornworts. Version 12 February 1997 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Anthocerotophyta/20597/1997.02.12 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
