| Pottiaceae | |
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| Tortula muralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Pottiales |
| Family: | Pottiaceae Schimp. |
The Pottiaceae are a family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known. [1]
The family has four subfamilies and 83 genera. [2]
The GBIF also lists Morinia Cardot, [3] Saitoa , [4] Sebillea M.Bizot, 1974, [5] and Spruceella Müll.Hal., 1900 [6] but with no subfamily details.
Subfamily Timmielloideae (and its two genera of Timmiella and Luisierella ) have been transferred to a new family Timmiellaceae , due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014. [7]
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.
The Funariidae are a widespread group of mosses in class Bryopsida. The majority of species belong to the genera Funaria and Physcomitrium.
Aschisma kansanum is a species of moss in the family Pottiaceae. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gymnostomum is a genus of bryophyte in family Pottiaceae. It was first described by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck and Christian Friedrich Hornschuch
Pottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Merrilliobryum is a genus of moss in family Fabroniaceae. The genus is found in New Guinea and the Philippines.
Andreaeobryum, the Mossy Cowl Moss, 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.
Bryaceae is a family of mosses.
Western Australia has relatively few species of moss; the most recent census found just 192 taxa. This represents just 10% of Australia's total moss flora, even though Western Australia accounts for about one third of the Australia by area. This relatively low diversity has been attributed to the lack of rainforest in the state.
Leucobryaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales.
Splachnaceae is a family of mosses, containing around 70 species in 6 genera. Around half of those species are entomophilous, using insects to disperse their spores, a characteristic found in no other seedless land plants.
Rhabdoweisiaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales. It consists of 16 genera.
Distichium is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Distichiaceae.
Timmiellaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae). It contains two genera, Luisierella and Timmiella, that were formerly place in family Pottiaceae.
Catoscopium is a genus of haplolepidous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Catoscopiaceae .
Micromitrium is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Micromitriaceae . The genus Micrometrium was previously placed in family Pottiaceae in order Pottiales.
Timmiella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae.
Sarconeurum is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
Helodium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Helodiaceae.
Luisierella is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae.
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