Smooth hornwort (Hornworts)
The smooth, flattened part of the hornwort is gametophytic; the horn-like structures are the sporophytes, which feature stomata and, unusually, grow from a basal meristem, rather than from the tip. Gametophytes have one lens-shaped chloroplast per cell.
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