Fissidentaceae

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Fissidentaceae
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Fissidens dubius
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Fissidentaceae
Schimp. [1]
Genera

Fissidentaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales, with a single genus, Fissidens . [2] [3] It was formerly placed in the now-obsolete order Fissidentales. [4]

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References

  1. Schimper, W. Ph. (1876). Synopsis Muscorum Europaea (2nd ed.). Stuttgart.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN   978-0-521-87225-6.
  3. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Fissidentales". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 October 2022.