Definition of Order anthocerotales

1. Noun. Hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida.

Exact synonyms: Anthocerotales
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Anthoceropsida, Class Anthoceropsida
Member holonyms: Hornwort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Anthocerotales

order Actinomyxidia
order Aepyorniformes
order Agaricales
order Alcyonaria
order Alismales
order Amoebida
order Amoebina
order Amphipoda
order Anacanthini
order Anaspida
order Andreaeales
order Anguilliformes
order Anoplura
order Anostraca
order Anseriformes
order Anthocerotales
order Anura
order Aphyllophorales
order Aplacophora
order Apodes
order Apodiformes
order Apterygiformes
order Arales
order Araneae
order Araneida
order Aristolochiales
order Artiodactyla
order Aspergillales
order Auriculariales
order Batoidei

Literary usage of Order anthocerotales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... the structure of the sporophyte, they arc now by some separated as a distinct class. There is one order. order anthocerotales.*—This includes one family ..."

2. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1910)
"The highest liverworts are represented by Anthoceros with its highly specialized capsule. They belong to the order anthocerotales. ..."

3. Botany for High Schhools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"The highest liverworts are represented by Anthoceros with its highly specialized capsule. They belong to the order anthocerotales. ..."

4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... (see page 9) comprises the single order Anthocerotales and the single family Anthocerotaceae. ANTHOCEROTACEAE. ..."

5. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Order, Anthocerotales. Family, Anthocerotaceae. The horned liverworts are common on wet banks and sandstones ledges, especially around springs in shady ..."

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