The Hypopterygiaceae are a family of mainly tropical

mosses Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta ('' sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and ho ...

of the order Hypopterygiales, a sister-group to the

Hookeriales Hookeriales is an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. Named for William Jackson Hooker Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botany, botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew ...

and

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 ...

. It contains eight genera. *'' Arbusculohypopterygium'' *'' Canalohypopterygium'' *'' Catharomnion'' *'' Cyathophorum'' *'' Dendrocyathophorum'' *'' Dendrohypopterygium'' *'' Hypopterygium'' *'' Lopidium''

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Bryophyte Phylogeny Poster
Moss families Hookeriales {{Bryopsida-stub