Difference between Hornworts and Liverworts
Difference between Hornworts and Liverworts are in tabular form below –
No. | Hornworts |
Liverworts |
Definition |
||
1. | Spore producing plants which are flowerless, have spores, have thread like green horns, have large chloroplast, have narrow forked leaves and have hair-like rhizoids are known as Hornworts. | Green plants which found on damp soil, on rocks in streams, on wet rock and are with leaf-like stems are known as Liverworts. |
Seta/Stomata |
||
2. | Hornworts do not contain seta and do contain stomata. | Liverworts do not contain stomata and do contain seta. |
Gametophytes |
||
3. | Hornworts have gametophytes that does not contain protonemata. | Liverworts have gametophytes that do contain reduced protonemata. |
Include structures |
||
4. | Gametophyte of hornwortsinclude pipe-like narrow structure. | Gametophyte of liverworts include leaf-like lobate structure which is similar to lobes of the liver. |
Related to the |
||
5. | Hornworts are related to the division Anthocerotophyta. | Liverworts are related to the Marchantiophyta. |
Sporophyte |
||
6. | Hornworts have sporophyte that is large and show continuous growth. | Liverworts have sporophyte that is small and show defined growth. |