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Taxon: Class Anthocerotopsida Jancz. (1872) - hornworts (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Janczewski, 1872
Original name & rank:  Janczewski, 1872. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 30 (22): col. 413 ("Anthoceroteae", "Klasse"). ≡
Subsequent spelling: 
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  Stotler & Crandall-Stotler, 2005. Bryologist 108: 24 (note 3).
Subsequent publication:  Campbell, D.H. 1905. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns: 13 ("Class II. Anthocerotes"). ≡

Attributes

Validated without Latin description/diagnosis [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 39.1 (ex 1935-2011)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 21 Jan 2023.

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon of: Anthocerophyta (Phylum)
Automatically typified subtaxon: Anthocerotidae (Subclass) Engl. (1893) Ref: Новіков, А. & Барабаш-Красни, Б. / Novikoff, A. & Barabasz-Krasny, B., 2015: 43. [inferred]

Variants

Clade-based name: Anthocerotopsida (Clade) [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval. Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: tables 5 (p. 92), 9 (p. 100). [implicit]
Different spelling: Anthoceropsida (Class)
Different termination: Anthocerotae (Class) Mitt. (1855) Ref: J.J. Engel, 1982: 304.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Anthocerotophyceae (Class) Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular name: hornworts ([unranked])

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: hauwmossen Ref: 1980

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: hornworts
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