Rhabdoweisiaceae

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Rhabdoweisiaceae
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Kiaeria starkei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Rhabdoweisiales
Family: Rhabdoweisiaceae
Limpr.
Genera

16 genera, see text

Rhabdoweisiaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in subfamily Dicranidae. [1] [2] [3] It was previously place in the order Dicranales, [2] but is now placed in order Rhabdoweisiales, along with family Rhachitheciaceae. [3]

Genera

The family Rhabdoweisiaceae contains 16 extant genera: [3]


The extinct genus Jamesrossia Z. Walker, Stockey, G.W. Rothwell is also assigned to Rhabdoweisiaceae. [3]

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Rhachitheciaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in the subfamily Dicranidae. It was formerly placed in the order Dicranales,<ref name=Goffinet-2020-web> but is now placed in order Rhabdoweisiales along with family Rhabdoweisiaceae.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 21 November 2024.