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Ditrichaceae

Ditrichaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in subclass Dicranidae. The family was previously placed in order Dicranales, but it now placed in its own monotypic order, Ditrichales.

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Ditrichaceae
Ditrichum heteromallum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Ditrichales
Family: Ditrichaceae
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Genera

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Ditrichaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in subclass Dicranidae.12 The family was previously placed in order Dicranales,2 but it now placed in its own monotypic order, Ditrichales.3

Genera

The family Ditrichaceae contains over twenty genera:2

  • Astomiopsis Müll. Hal.
  • Bryomanginia Thér.
  • Ceratodon Brid.
  • Cheilothela Broth.
  • Cladastomum Müll. Hal.
  • Cleistocarpidium Ochyra & Bednarek-Ochyra
  • Crumuscus W. R. Buck & Snider
  • Cygniella H. A. Crum
  • Ditrichopsis Broth.
  • Ditrichum Hampe
  • Eccremidium Hook.f. & Wilson
  • Garckea Müll. Hal.
  • Kleioweisiopsis Dixon
  • ×Pleuriditrichum A. L. Andrews & F. J. Herm.
  • Pleuridium Rabenh.
  • Rhamphidium Mitt.
  • Skottsbergia Cardot
  • Strombulidens W. R. Buck
  • Trichodon Schimp.
  • Tristichium Müll. Hal.
  • Wilsoniella Müll. Hal.
References

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. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 20 November 2024.