The Anthocerotophyta or Anthocerophyta are more commonly known as the hornworts. These are thought to be one of the oldest extant groups of land plants. Hornworts consist of a flattened thallus with the gametangia produced along the midline of the thallus, each thallus able to produce several sporophytes.
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- Anthocerotophyta The hornworts are an unusual group of plants of which many people are unaware and are so named because of their curious reproductive structures.
- Return of the Hornworts Article by Anna Levin describing how a walk across a muddy field inspired the bryologist David Long to consider how changing agricultural practices were affecting Bryophytes on arable land.
- The Hidden Forest: Hornworts An introduction to the Anthocerotopsida outlining their unique features and methods of reproduction with several photographs of Anthoceros species.
- Anthocerotophyta Phylogenetic tree for the Hornworts from the Tree of Life Web Project and a photograph of a species of Phaeoceros.
- Phylum Anthocerotophyta Provides a classification of the hornworts at the rank of genus and above.