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Hornwort cells

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Hornwort cells

The cells of hornworts are unlike those of other green plants. They contain only one or a few very large chloroplasts, which capture light for photosynthesis. These cells of Anthoceros are about 50 micrometres in diameter.

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Photograph by Bill Malcolm

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Liverworts and hornworts', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/liverworts-and-hornworts/3/2