Eustichia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Dicranidae |
Order: | Eustichiales |
Family: | Eustichiaceae Broth. |
Genus: | Eustichia |
Species | |
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Eustichia is the only genus of moss in family Eustichiaceae. [1] [2] The family was previously place in the order Dicranales, [2] but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Eustichiales. [3]
The Bryopsida constitute the largest class of mosses, containing 95% of all moss species. It consists of approximately 11,500 species, common throughout the whole world.
Funariales is an order containing 356 species, 26 genera and 7 families.
Grimmiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae. It comprises four families: Grimmiaceae, Ptychomitriaceae, Seligeriaceae, and Saelaniaceae.
Pottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Andreaeobryum is a genus of moss with a single species Andreaeobryum macrosporum, endemic to Alaska and western Canada. The genus is placed as a separate family, order and class among the mosses.
Bryales is an order of mosses.
Gigaspermaceae are a family of mosses in the monotypic order Gigaspermales. The order is placed in subclass Gigaspermidae of the class Bryopsida. They were previously placed in subclass Funariidae.
Encalyptales is an order of mosses in subclass Funariidae. It contains a single family.
Dicranales is an order of haplolepideous mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Fissidentaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales, with a single genus, Fissidens. It was formerly placed in the now-obsolete order Fissidentales.
Bryaceae is a family of mosses.
Bruchiaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in subclass Dicranidae. The family was previously placed in the order Dicranales, but are now placed in their own monotypic order, Bruchiales.
Scouleriales is an order of haplolepideous mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Bartramiales is an order of moss.
Ptychomitriaceae is a family of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Rhachitheciaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae)s in the order Dicranales. It consists of seven genera.
Ditrichaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in subclass Dicranidae. The family was previously place in order Dicranales, but it now placed in its own monotypic order, Ditrichales.
Catoscopium is a genus of haplolepidous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Catoscopiaceae .
Pleurophascum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Pleurophascaceae. The family was previously place in the order Pottiales, but is not place in its own monotypic order, Pleurophascales.
Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae. The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales, but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.