Nothoceros

Nothoceros is a genus of hornworts in the family Dendrocerotaceae.[3] The genus is found in New Zealand, South America, and neotropical and eastern North America.[4][5]

Nothoceros
Nothoceros vincentianus from a South-Brazilian rain forest; Spores pressed out of the sporophyte.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Anthocerotophyta
Class: Anthocerotopsida
Order: Dendrocerotales
Family: Dendrocerotaceae
Genus: Nothoceros
(R.M. Schust.[1]) J. Haseg.[2]
Species

Nothoceros aenigmaticus
Nothoceros canaliculatus
Nothoceros endiviaefolius
Nothoceros fuegiensis
Nothoceros giganteus
Nothoceros superbus
Nothoceros vincentianus

Synonyms

Notoceros [orth. error]

References
  1. Schuster, R.M. (1987). "Preliminary studies on Anthocerotae". Phytologia. 63 (3): 193–201.
  2. Hasegawa, J. (1994). "New classification of Anthocerotae". Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 76: 21–34.
  3. Duff, R. Joel; Villarreal, Juan Carlos; Cargill, D. Christine; Renzaglia, Karen S. (2007). "Progress and challenges toward a phylogeny and classification of the hornworts". The Bryologist. 110 (2): 214–243. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[214:PACTDA]2.0.CO;2.
  4. Villareal, J. C.; Cargill, D. C.; Hagborg, A.; Söderström, L.; Renzaglia, K. S. "A synthesis of hornwort diversity: Patterns, causes and future work" (pdf). Phytotaxa. 9: 150–166.
  5. Villarreal, J.C.; Goffinet, B.; Duff, R.J.; Cargill, D.C. (2010). "Phylogenetic delineation of Nothoceros and Megaceros (Dendrocerotaceae)". The Bryologist. 113 (1): 106–113. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-113.1.106.

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