Definition of Anthocerotales

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthocerotales

Anthemis nobilis
Anthemis tinctoria
Antheraea
Antheraea mylitta
Antheraea pernyi
Antheraea polyphemus
Anthericum
Anthericum liliago
Anthericum torreyi
Antheropeas
Antheropeas wallacei
Anthidium
Anthoceropsida
Anthoceros
Anthocerotaceae
Anthocerotales
Anthomyia
Anthomyia canicularis
Anthonomus
Anthonomus grandis
Anthony
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Anthony Comstock
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Nolan panel
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Vandyke
Anthony Wayne
Anthophyta

Literary usage of Anthocerotales

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

1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"evolution. It is this gradual disappearance that must be noted in connection with subsequent groups. (3) anthocerotales General character. ..."

2. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton. Campbell (1907)
"... The anthocerotales include three genera which agree closely among themselves, but are so different from the other Hepaticae, with which they are ..."

3. Preliminary Geological Map of Connecticut by Herbert Ernest Gregory, Henry Hollister Robinson (1908)
"Newfoundland to Connecticut; Europe; Asia. Range not definitely known in North America. REF. EVANS, 33, 72. ORDER anthocerotales FAMILY ..."

4. Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien by Adolf Engler (1898)
"... häufig an feuchten Standorten, oft massenhaft, über die ganze Erde verbreitet. 2. Reihe anthocerotales. ..."

5. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... the customary classification is made in the treatment of the anthocerotales ... are best emphasized by raising the anthocerotales to the rank of a class ..."

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