Bryaceae | |
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Bryum capillare | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Bryidae |
Order: | Bryales |
Family: | Bryaceae |
Genera | |
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Andreaeaceae is a family of mosses which includes two genera, Andreaea, containing about 100 species, and the genus Acroschisma. The Andreaeaceae prefer rocky habitats ranging from tropical to arctic climates, on which they form tufted colonies, typically with reddish to blackish shoots. The capsules lack the peristome mechanism and dehisce longitudinally to release the spores, resulting in a paper-lantern appearance.
Funariales is an order containing 356 species, 26 genera and 7 families.
Pottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Bryales is an order of mosses.
Encalyptales is an order of mosses in subclass Funariidae. It contains a single family.
Dicranaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in class Bryopsida. Species within this family are dioicous. Genera in this family include Dicranum, Dicranoloma, and Mitrobryum.
Ditrichum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Ditrichaceae.
Sematophyllaceae is a family of mosses, known commonly as signal mosses. They grow on rocks in wet or humid places. and are found nearly worldwide, especially in tropical and temperate regions. There are about 150 species, which form yellow to yellow-green mats with reddish stems.
Bartramiales is an order of moss.
Mniaceae is a moss family in the order Bryales.
Ptychomitriaceae is a family of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Rhabdoweisiaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales. It consists of 16 genera.
Ditrichaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales.
Calymperaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales.
Timmiellaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae). It contains two genera, Luisierella and Timmiella, that were formerly place in family Pottiaceae.
Gigaspermum is a genus of moss in the family Gigaspermaceae. It contains four species.
Pleurophascum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Pleurophascaceae in the order Pottiales.
Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae in the order Pottiales.
Helodium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Helodiaceae.