A synthesis of hornwort diversity: Patterns, causes and future work

By J. Villarreal, D. Cargill, A. Hagborg, L. Söderström, K. Renzaglia. 2014

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The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase (2016, background): “…but existing estimates of 9,000 species of liverworts (Marchantiophyta; Crandall-Stotler & Stotler 2000), 200–250 hornworts (Anthocerotophyta; Villarreal et al. 2010), 12,700 mosses (Bryophyta; Crosby et al. 1999; Cox et al. 2014), ca 44,000 algae (Guiry 2012; although number is likely to…”
A miniature world in decline: European Red List of Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts (2019, background): “According to Villareal et al. (2010), there are somewhere between 16,000 and 17,000 described species worldwide, comprising about 11,000-13,000 mosses, 7,000-9,000 liverworts and 200-250 hornworts, making them second only to flowering plants in terms of species richness.”