A genus of liverworts (simple plant relatives) that have cone-shaped reproductive structures.
From Greek kōnos (cone) + kephalē (head). The genus name literally means 'cone-head,' referring to the characteristic cone-like heads where these plants produce spores.
Liverworts like Conocephalum are living fossils that have barely changed in 200 million years, and their cone-head reproductive structures are so distinctive that scientists basically named them 'Mr. Cone-Head' in Greek!
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