Thuidiaceae

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Thuidiaceae
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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]

Contents

Species include Thuidiopsis sparsa and Abietinella abietina

Genera

As accepted by GBIF; [2]

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus. [2]

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<i>Grimmia</i> Genus of moss in the family Grimmiaceae

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<i>Thuidium</i> Genus of mosses

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Trichostomum is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.

<i>Thuidiopsis</i> Genus of mosses

Thuidiopsis is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Thuidiaceae.

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<i>Pylaisia</i> Genus of mosses

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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. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.80.
  2. 1 2 "Thuidiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 August 2022.