Lexic.us

Definition of Anthoceros

1. Noun. Hornworts.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthoceros

Literary usage of Anthoceros

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

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"The tubers of the two species of anthoceros, A. dichotomus and A. ... In anthoceros dichotomus (Fig. 62) the tubers stand upon the under side of the thallus ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"anthoceros thickenings begin to appear in January or February, attaining full development ... anthoceros CAROLINIANUS OCCIDENTALS MA Howe, Bull. Torr. Bot. ..."

3. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"The position of the organs of fructification of anthoceros is not confined to any ... Both in anthoceros favis and in A. punctatus, groups of archegonia and ..."

4. Fundamentals of Botany by Charles Stuart Gager (1916)
"STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES anthoceros 194. The Gametophyte.—One of the most important groups is the genus anthoceros, including several different kinds or ..."

5. Handbook of Plant Morphology: Being the Handbook of Plant Dissection by Otis William Caldwell, Joseph Charles Arthur, Charles Reid Barnes, John Merle Coulter (1904)
"1 Owing to the peculiar importance of anthoceros in illustrating the development of the plant kingdom, suitable material should be obtained from a supply ..."

6. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1904)
"EXOGENOUS ORIGIN OF ANTHERIDIA IN anthoceros. ... In the first place, the species in which the exogenous antheridia are said to occur is anthoceros ..."

7. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"It is semi-circular, or nearly circular, in outline in anthoceros and ... The growth of the shoot is effected, in anthoceros and ..."

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