Mniaceae

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Mniaceae
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bryales
Family: Mniaceae
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Genera

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Mniaceae is a moss family in the order Bryales. [1] [2] [3]

Taxonomy

The family Mniaceae includes the following genera: [4] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Mniaceae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  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. 1 2 Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ↑ McIntosh, Terry T. (2014). "Mniaceae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 28. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 December 2019– via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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