3-310.00.00: Anthocerotophyta
English: Hornworts.
Introduction.
Hornworts are the smallest Class in Bryophya with about 14 genera and 100 species.
In the Plant theory Hornworts are tentatively place in the first Class of the Hydrogen series, as it is the smallest. But there is no homeopathic information about them so far.
Families and Genera
Anthocerotaceae: Anthoceros, Folioceros, Sphaerosporoceros.
Dendrocerotacea: Dendroceros, Megaceros, Nothoceros, Phaeomegaceros.
Notothyladaceae: Hattorioceros, Mesoceros, Notothylas, Paraphymatoceros, Phaeoceros.
Phymatocerotaceae: Phymatoceros.
Leiosporocerotaceae: Leiosporoceros.
Botany: 14 genera; ± 100 species; elongated horn-like structure, the sporophyte; flattened, green plant body; worldwide; damp or humid regions; helical thickenings, twist and thereby help to disperse the spores; relatively large for bryophytes, measuring between 30 and 80 µm in diameter or more; spores are polar, usually with a distinctive Y-shaped tri-radiate ridge on the proximal surface and with a distal surface ornamented with bumps or spines.