Question

Hornworts get their name from which of the following features?

Liver-like lobed thallus



Elongated sporophyte



Single-celled rhizoids

Answer 1

The correct answer is Elongated sporophyte

Step-by-step explanation:

Hornworts, liverworts and mosses are the three types of bryophytes. Bryophytes are non-vascular plants lacing the xylem and phloem tissue. Hornworts are group of plants differ from mosses and liverworts in having elongated horn-like structure called sporophyte. The flattened, green plant body of a hornwort is the gametophyte as in mosses and liverworts. Examples of hornworts are Anthoceros, Notothylas.

Answer 2

The answer is B.

Hornworts get their name from their elongated sporophyte. Hornworts are non-vascular plants of the division Anthocerotophyta.

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