Hypnaceae

Hypnaceae
Hypnum cupressiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family:
Schimp.
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, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.

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

The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:[3]

  • Acritodon H. Rob.
  • Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
  • Bryosedgwickia Tosco & Piovano
  • Chryso-hypnum Hampe
  • Crepidophyllum Herzog
  • Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
  • Cyathothecium Dixon
  • Dacryophyllum Ireland
  • Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
  • Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
  • Ectropothecium Mitt.
  • Elharveya H.A. Crum
  • Elmeriobryum Broth.
  • Entodontella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
  • Eurohypnum Ando
  • Foreauella Dixon & P. de la Varde
  • Glossadelphus M. Fleisch.
  • Gollania Broth.
  • Hypnum Hedw.
  • Irelandia W. R. Buck
  • Karstia B.H. Allen
  • Leiodontium Broth.
  • Leptoischyrodon Dixon
  • Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
  • Mahua W.R. Buck
  • Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
  • Microthamnium A. Jaeger
  • Mittenothamnium Henn.
  • Nanothecium Dixon & P. de la Varde
  • Neoptychophyllum S. He
  • Plagiotheciopsis Broth.
  • Platygyriella Cardot
  • Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
  • Pseudohypnella (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
  • Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
  • Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
  • Sclerohypnum Dixon
  • Stenotheciopsis Broth.
  • Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
  • Syringothecium Mitt.
  • Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
  • Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.
  • Wijkiella Bizot & Lewinsky

Formerly included

See also

References

Line notes

  1. ^ ITIS Report. 1999
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
  3. ^ "Hypnaceae Schimp". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Tutigaea H.Ando, 1958". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 November 2022.