what is Hornworts?
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BRYOPHYTES is divided in to three classes:-
1.Liber worts
2.Hornworts
3.Mosses
→ ★ Hormworts is also known as ANTHOCEROTOPSIDA.
→ The plant body is thulls like .Scales are absent but rhizoids are present on thallus .Rhizoids are unicellular and unbrached.
→ The Sporophyte of Hornworts are divided into foot and capsule.
→ The Sporophyte of Hornworts is not completely depends on gametophyte.
It is semiparasite because its Sporophyte is photosynthetic therefor it can manufacture its own food.
→ In Hornworts at the basal part of capsule , a special type of meristem is present .Due to the activness of this meristem , the capsule grow rapidly, It grows like the horn of animals.
EXAMPLE:-
NOTOTHYLUS, ANTHOCERUS
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