moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
es belonging to the order
Hypnales
Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them ...
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The family includes the following genera:
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Calliergon
''Calliergon'' is a genus of moss in the order Hypnales
Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. The order includes mor ...
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Loeskypnum
''Loeskypnum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
The genus name of ''Loeskypnum'' is in honour of Leopold Loeske (1865-1935), who was a German watch ...
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Sarmentypnum
''Sarmentypnum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Calliergonaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
* ''Sarmentypnum exannulatum'' (Schimp.) Hedenäs
* ''Sarmentypnum luipichense'' (R.S.Williams) Hedenäs
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Warnstorfia
''Warnstorfia'' is a genus of mosses. They are known as in Swedish language, Swedish and in Dutch language, Dutch. It was named in honor of Carl Friedrich Warnstorf.HypnalesMoss families
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