Notothyladaceae
Family of hornworts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Notothyladaceae is the only family of hornworts in the order Notothyladales.[5]
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Notothyladaceae | |
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Phaeoceros laevis (L.) Prosk. | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Anthocerotophyta |
Class: | Anthocerotopsida |
Subclass: | Notothylatidae R.J.Duff |
Order: | Notothyladales Hyvönen & Piippo [1] |
Family: | Notothyladaceae (Milde[2]) Müll. Frib. ex Prosk.[3] emend. Hässel[4] |
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In Guizhou Province, SW China, a new species named Notothylas guizhouensis is reported (ZHANG 2018). The species is easily distinguished from congeners by: the lack of a columella, the dehiscence line consisting of two rows of brown, thick-walled cells, the absence of lamellae in the involucre, the epidermal cells of the capsule having a moderately thick wall, the lack of an easily recognisable equatorial girdle of the spore, and mature spores dark brown; the proximal (ZHANG 2018).[6]