Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Anthocerophyta Stotler & Crandall-Stotler - hornworts |
| class | Anthocerotopsida de Bary ex Jancz |
| subclass | Anthocerotidae Rosenv. corr. Prosk. emend Duff et al. |
| order | Anthocerotales Limpr. |
| family | Anthocerotaceae Dumort. |
| genus | Anthoceros L. emend. Prosk. - hornwort |
| species | Anthoceros alpinus Steph. |