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

  • Acosta (Schwägr.) Müll. Hal.
  • Allorgea (Mont.) Ando
  • Andoa Ochyra
  • Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
  • Breidleria Loeske
  • Bryocrumia L. E. Anderson
  • Bryosedgwickia Tosco & Piovano
  • Buckiella Ireland
  • Callicladium H. Crum
  • Campylophyllum (Schimp.) M. Fleisch.
  • Caribaeohypnum Ando & Higuchi
  • Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
  • Ctenidium (Schimp.) Mitt.
  • Cupressina (Mitt.) Müll. Hal.
  • Cyathothecium Dixon
  • Dacryophyllum Ireland
  • Dolichotheca (Broth.) Broth.
  • Drepanium G. Roth
  • Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
  • Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
  • Ectropothecium Mitt.
  • Entodontella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
  • Elmeriobryum Broth.
  • Entodontella M. Fleisch.
  • Eurohypnum Ando
  • Filibryum W. Kim & T. Yamag.
  • Giraldiella Müll. Hal.
  • Glossadelphus M. Fleisch.
  • Gollania Broth.
  • Herzogiella Broth.
  • Homomallium (Schimp.) Loeske
  • Hondaella Dixon & Sakurai
  • Hyocomium Bruch & Schimp.
  • Hypnum Hedw.
  • Irelandia W. R. Buck
  • Isopterygium Mitt.
  • Leiodontium Broth.
  • Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
  • Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
  • Microthamnium A. Jaeger
  • Mittenothamnium Henn.
  • Orthotheciadelphus Dixon
  • Orthothecium Schimp.
  • Phyllodon Bruch & Schimp.
  • Platygyriella Cardot
  • Platygyrium Schimp.
  • Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
  • Ptilium De Not.
  • Puiggariella Broth.
  • Puiggariopsis M. Menzel
  • Pylaisaea Müll. Hal.
  • Pylaisia Schimp.
  • Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
  • Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
  • Rhizohypnum Herzog
  • Stenotheciopsis Broth.
  • Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
  • Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
  • Taxiphyllum M. Fleisch.
  • Trachythecium M. Fleisch.
  • Tutigaea Ando 1958[4]
  • Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.

See also

References

Line notes

  1. ↑ ITIS Report. 1999
  2. ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
  3. ↑ "Hypnaceae Schimp". www.worldfloraonline.org/. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tutigaea H.Ando, 1958". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 November 2022.


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