Ditrichaceae 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 in subclass
Dicranidae
The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses in class Bryopsida, with many species of dry or disturbed areas. They are distinguished by their spores; the peristome teeth are haplolepideous with a 4:2:3 formula, and an exostome ...
.
The family was previously place in order
Dicranales
Dicranales is an order of haplolepideous mosses in the subclass Dicranidae
The Dicranidae are a widespread and diverse subclass of mosses in class Bryopsida, with many species of dry or disturbed areas. They are distinguished by their spores; ...
,
[ but it now placed in its own monotypic order, Ditrichales.]
Genera
The family Ditrichaceae contains over twenty genera:[
*'' Astomiopsis''
*'' Bryomanginia''
*'' Ceratodon''
*'' Cheilothela''
*'' Cladastomum''
*'' Cleistocarpidium''
*'' Crumuscus''
*'' Cygniella''
*'' Ditrichopsis''
*'' Ditrichum''
*'' Eccremidium''
*'' Garckea''
*'' Kleioweisiopsis''
*'' ×Pleuriditrichum''
*'' Pleuridium''
*'' Rhamphidium''
*'' Skottsbergia''
*'' Strombulidens''
*'' Trichodon''
*'' Tristichium''
*'' Wilsoniella''
]
References
Moss families
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