Hypnaceae

Hypnaceae
Hypnum cupressiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hypnaceae
Genera

See Classification

Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence[1] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum and Ptilium.

Ecology

Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; an example of this occurrence is within the Black Spruce/Feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.[2]

Classification

  • Acritodon
  • Andoa
  • Austrohondaella
  • Bardunovia
  • Breidleria
  • Bryocrumia
  • Buckiella
  • Callicladium
  • Calliergonella
  • Campylophyllopsis
  • Campylophyllum
  • Caribaeohypnum
  • Chryso-hypnum
  • Crepidophyllum
  • Ctenidiadelphus
  • Cyathothecium
  • Dacryophyllum
  • Ectropotheciella
  • Ectropotheciopsis
  • Ectropothecium
  • Elharveya
  • Elmeriobryum
  • Entodontella
  • Eurohypnum
  • Foreauella
  • Gammiella
  • Giraldiella
  • Gollania
  • Hageniella
  • Herzogiella
  • Homomallium
  • Hondaella
  • Horridohypnum
  • Hyocomium
  • Hypnum
  • Irelandia
  • Isopterygiopsis
  • Leiodontium
  • Leptoischyrodon
  • Macrothamniella
  • Mahua
  • Microctenidium
  • Mittenothamnium
  • Nanothecium
  • Orthothecium
  • Phyllodon
  • Plagiotheciopsis
  • Platydictya
  • Platygyriella
  • Podperaea
  • Pseudohypnella
  • Pseudotaxiphyllum
  • Ptilium
  • Pylaisia
  • Rhacopilopsis
  • Rhizohypnella
  • Sclerohypnum
  • Stenotheciopsis
  • Stereodon
  • Stereodontopsis
  • Syringothecium
  • Taxiphyllopsis
  • Taxiphyllum
  • Vesicularia
  • Wijkiella

See also

References

Line notes

  1. ↑ ITIS Report. 1999
  2. ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008


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