Hattorioceros is a genus of hornworts belonging to the family Anthocerotaceae.[1]

Hattorioceros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Anthocerotophyta
Class: Anthocerotopsida
Order: Notothyladales
Family: Notothyladaceae
Genus: Hattorioceros
(J.Haseg.) J.Haseg.

Only one species is known, Hattorioceros striatisporus (J Haseg.) J.Haseg.[1]

The genus name of Hattorioceros is in honour of Sinsuke (or Sinske and Shinsuke) Hattori (1915-1992), who was a Japanese botanist (Bryology) and Professor of Botany at the University of Tokyo.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jiro Hasegawa in J. Hattori Bot. Lab. vol.76 on page 32 in 1994.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Hattorioceros (J. Haseg.) J. Haseg". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.