Thuidiaceae

Thuidiaceae
Pelekium cf. gratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Hypnales
Family:	Thuidiaceae Schimp.

Thuidiaceae is a family of mosses within the order Hypnales. It includes many genera but the classification may need to be refined. The core genera are Thuidium , Thuidiopsis , Pelekium , Aequatoriella , Abietinella , Rauiella , Haplocladium and Actinothuidium form a clade but others currently placed in the family may belong elsewhere. ^[1]

Species include Thuidiopsis sparsa and Abietinella abietina

Genera

As of March 2025 ^[update] , World Flora Online accepts the following genera: ^{[2] [3]}

• Abietinella Müll.Hal. (1 species)
• Boulaya Cardot (1 species)
• Bryonoguchia Z.Iwats. & Inoue (1 species)
• Echinophyllum T.J.O'Brien (1 species)
• Fauriella Besch. (5 species)
• Herpetineuron (Müll.Hal.) Cardot (1 species)
• Indothuidium Touw (1 species)
• Inouethuidium R.Watan. (1 species)
• Orthothuidium D.H.Norris & T.J.Kop. (1 species)
• Pelekium Mitt. (33 species)
• Rauiella Reimers (6 species)
• Thuidiopsis (Broth.) M.Fleisch. (4 species)
• Thuidium Schimp. (57 species)

References

1. García-Avila, Deneb; De Luna, Efraín; Newton, Angela E (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Thuidiaceae and the non-monophyly of the Thuidiaceae and the Leskeaceae based onrbcL, rps4 and therps4-trnS intergenic spacer". The Bryologist. 112: 80–93. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.80.
2. "Thuidiaceae Schimp". World Flora Online . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
3. "Thuidiaceae Schimp". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 March 2025.

External links

• Thuidiaceae