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Economic importance of anthoceros

Economic Importance of Anthoceros.

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Economic importance of anthoceros

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  1. Economic importance of anthoceros by ZAINAB TAHIR 18441506-050

  2. ANTHOCEROPHYTA (Hornworts) • A flowerless, spore producing plant with the spores typically produced in a horn-like or needle-like capsule which develops from a flattish, green sheet.

  3. Few beneficial species • Anthoceros agrestis • Anthoceros himalayensis • Anthoceros hispidus • Anthoceros lamellatus • Anthoceros neesii • Anthoceros agustus • Anthoceros sambesianus • Anthoceros scariosus • Anthoceros tristanianus

  4. Environmental Benefits in an aquarium • They absorb chemicals found in the waste of fish or from the tap water itself. • These include nitrates, ammonia, carbon dioxide and phosphates. • The plant uses these waste products as food in order to grow.

  5. CONTI…

  6. Decorative Benefits • Anthoceros has the benefit of being an inexpensive plant that can be used to decorate an aquarium. • Serious aquarium owners can even grow the plant themselves at home. • It is considered as temporary plant since it grows fast. • Example Anthoceros agrestris

  7. House Construction These tiny plants are used in the construction of houses and their furnishings. Villagers use their mats, shrubs, grasses and bamboo to make a kind of door placed at the openings of their temporary huts. They are low cost and easy to transport.

  8. Medicinal Uses

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