Orthodontiales

Orthodontiales
Orthodontium lineare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Superorder: Bryanae
Order: Orthodontiales
(Broth.) N.E.Bell, A.E.Newton & D.Quandt
Families

See Classification

Orthodontiales is a monotypic order of mosses.[1]

Description

Species in the order are acrocarpous or pseudo-pleurocarpous mosses that are epiphytic. They are characterized as small plants growing loosely on coniferous trees, decaying coniferous wood, or in terrestrial habitats. The order is widespread in tropical and temperate regions.[2]

Classification

The only family in the order is Orthodontiaceae, the placement of which has been subject to much revision. The genus Orthodontium was elevated to family status in 2000 and was originally associated with the Bryales. The family was then placed in the order Rhizogoniales with Aulacomniaceae and Rhizogoniaceae. Most recently, the family was elevated the order Orthodontiales.[1]

The genera represented by the order are:

References

  1. 1 2 Bell, N., Quandt, D., O'Brien, T., & Newton, A. (2007). Taxonomy and Phylogeny in the Earliest Diverging Pleurocarps: Square Holes and Bifurcating Pegs. The Bryologist, 110(3), 533-560. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20110887Copy
  2. ↑ P. M. Eckel. 2014. Orthodontiaceae. In Flora of North America. Vol. 28: 113-116
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