| Funariales | |
|---|---|
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| Funaria hygrometrica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Funariidae |
| Order: | Funariales M. Fleisch. |
| Families1 | |
Funariales is an order containing 356 species, 26 genera and 7 families.
- 1. Gigaspermaceae
- 2. Funariaceae (ca. 300 species)
- 3. Disceliaceae
- 4. Oedipodiacea
- 5. Splachaceae
- 6. Ephemeraceae
- 7. Splachnobryaceae
The members are small, annual or biennial land mosses.
The family Disceliaceae and its only species, Discelium nudum, was formerly placed in this order,2 but is now placed in its own order, Disceliales.1
References
References
- Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Goffinet, B.; W. R. Buck; A. J. Shaw (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Bernard Goffinet; A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.