| Thuidium | |
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| Thuidium delicatulum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Hypnales |
| Family: | Thuidiaceae |
| Genus: | Thuidium Bruch & Schimp. |
Thuidium is a genus of moss in the family Thuidiaceae. The name comes from the genus Thuja and the Latin suffix -idium, meaning diminutive. This is due to its resemblance to small cedar trees. [1]
Members of the genus are characterized by creeping, highly branched, pinnate leaves. [1]
There are approximately 230 species found distributed in North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Europe, and Asia. [1]
As of October 2024 [update] , World Flora Online accepts 55 species, along with 147 synonyms and 5 unplaced: [2]
Funaria is a genus of approximately 210 species of moss. Funaria hygrometrica is the most common species. Funaria hygrometrica is called “cord moss” because of the twisted seta which is very hygroscopic and untwists when moist. The name is derived from the Latin word “funis”, meaning "a rope". In funaria root like structures called rhizoids are present.
Dicranum is a genus of mosses, also called wind-blown mosses or fork mosses. These mosses form in densely packed clumps. Stems may fork, but do not branch. In general, upright stems will be single but packed together. Dicranum is distributed globally. In North America these are commonly found in Jack pine or Red pine stands.
Dicranaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in class Bryopsida. Species within this family are dioicous. Genera in this family include Dicranum, Dicranoloma, and Mitrobryum.
Grimmia is a genus of mosses (Bryophyta), originally named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm, a physician and botanist from Gotha, Germany.
Barbula is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae.
Ditrichum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Ditrichaceae.
Schistidium is a plant genus in the moss family Grimmiaceae.
Campylopus is a genus of 180 species of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Leucobryaceae. The name comes from the Greek campylos, meaning curved, and pous, meaning foot, referring to the setae which curve downwards.
Leucobryum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Leucobryaceae. The name comes from the Greek leukos, meaning white, and bryon, meaning moss.
Octoblepharum is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Octoblepharaceae . The genus Octoblepharum was previously placed in family Calymperaceae.
Didymodon is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Neckera is a large genus of mosses belonging to the family Neckeraceae. The genus was first described by Johann Hedwig. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Plagiothecium is a genus of moss belonging to the family Plagiotheciaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Rhynchostegium is a genus of pleurocarpous mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution across different climatological regions except the polar regions, mostly in tropic to north temperate regions. The genus contains both aquatic and terrestrial species. The genus was named for their rostrate opercula. The type species of this genus is Rhynchostegium confertum (Dicks.) Schimp.
Drepanocladus is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution
Vesicularia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Hypnaceae.
Trichostomum is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
Rhizogonium is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Rhizogoniaceae.
Pylaisia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pylaisiaceae.