Dicranaceae is a family of
haplolepideous 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 (
Dicranidae) in class
Bryopsida. Species within this family are
dioicous.
Genera in this family include ''
Dicranum'', ''
Dicranoloma'', and ''
Mitrobryum''.
Classification
The family Dicranaceae contains the following
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
:
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Anisothecium''
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Aongstroemia''
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Aongstroemiopsis''
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Braunfelsia''
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Brotherobryum''
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Bryotestua''
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Camptodontium''
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Campylopodium''
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Chorisodontium''
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Cnestrum''
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Cryptodicranum''
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Dicnemon''
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Dicranella''
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Dicranoloma''
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Dicranum''
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Diobelonella''
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Eucamptodon''
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Eucamptodontopsis''
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Holomitriopsis''
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Holomitrium''
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Hygrodicranum''
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Leptotrichella''
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Leucoloma''
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Macrodictyum''
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Mesotus''
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Mitrobryum''
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Muscoherzogia''
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Orthodicranum''
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Paraleucobryum''
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Parisia''
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Phantomia''
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Platyneuron''
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Pocsiella''
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Polymerodon''
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Pseudephemerum''
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Pseudochorisodontium''
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Schliephackea''
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Sclerodontium''
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Sphaerothecium''
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Steyermarkiella''
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Wardia''
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Werneriobryum''
References
Other sources
* Müller, P. and J.-P. Frahm. 1987. A review of the Paraleucobryoideae (Dicranaceae). Nova Hedwigia 45: 283–314.
Moss families
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