The Pottiaceae are a
family
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of
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. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known.
Genera
The family has four subfamilies and 83 genera.
* Subfamily
Trichostomoideae
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Bryoceuthospora''
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Calymperastrum
''Calymperastrum latifolium'' is the sole species in the monotypic moss genus ''Calymperastrum''. It is a poorly known moss, having been collected only three times. All three collections were from the trunks of ''Macrozamia'', in the Southwest Bo ...
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Calyptopogon''
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Chionoloma''
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Eucladium''
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Leptobarbula''
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Neophoenix''
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Pachyneuropsis''
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Pleurochaete''
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Pottiopsis''
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Pseudosymblepharis''
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Quaesticula''
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Streptocalypta''
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Tetracoscinodon''
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Tetrapterum''
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Tortella''
Lindb.
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Trachycarpidium''
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Trichostomum
''Trichostomum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Trichostomum'':
*''Trichostomum abyssinicum''
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Oxystegus
''Oxystegus'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pottiaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
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Tuerckheima''
Broth.
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Uleobryum''
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Weissia''
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Weissiodicranum''
* Subfamily
Barbuloideae
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Anoectangium''
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Barbula''
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Bellibarbula''
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Bryoerythrophyllum''
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Cinclidotus''
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Dialytrichia''
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Didymodon'' (e.g. ''
Didymodon tomaculosus'')
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Erythrophyllopsis''
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Ganguleea''
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Gertrudiella''
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Gymnostomum''
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Gymnostomiella''
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Gyroweisia''
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Hymenostyliella''
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Hymenostylium''
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Hyophila''
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Hyophiladelphus''
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Koponobryum''
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Leptodontiella''
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Leptodontium''
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Luisierella
''Luisierella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae.
It was in the family ''Pottiaceae'' but due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014, it was placed in ''Timmiellaceae''.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribu ...
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Mironia''
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Molendoa''
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Plaubelia''
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Pseudocrossidium''
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Reimersia''
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Rhexophyllum''
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Sarconeurum'' (e.g. ''
Sarconeurum glaciale'')
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Splachnobryum''
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Streptotrichum''
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Teniolophora''
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Trachyodontium''
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Triquetrella''
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Weisiopsis''
* Subfamily
Pottioideae
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Acaulon''
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Aloina''
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Aloinella''
Cardot
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Chenia''
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Crossidium''
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Crumia''
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Dolotortula''
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Globulinella''
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Hennediella''
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Hilpertia''
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Ludorugbya''
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Microbryum''
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Microcrossidium''
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Phascopsis''
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Pterygoneurum''
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Sagenotortula''
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Saitobryum''
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Stegonia''
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Stonea
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Streptopogon''
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Syntrichia
''Syntrichia'' is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "with" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane".
, the World Flora Online accepts 114 spec ...
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Tortula
''Tortula'' is a genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae.
Species
There are different classifications for the species included in the genus.
The delimitation of genus Tortula is problematic and was subject to a number of alterations in the pa ...
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Willia''
* Subfamily
Merceyoideae
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Scopelophila''
The
GBIF
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also lists ''
Morinia'' , ''
Saitoa'', ''
Sebillea'' , and ''
Spruceella'' but with no subfamily details.
Subfamily ''Timmielloideae'' (and its two genera of ''
Timmiella'' and ''
Luisierella
''Luisierella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae.
It was in the family ''Pottiaceae'' but due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014, it was placed in ''Timmiellaceae''.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribu ...
'') have been transferred to a new family ''
Timmiellaceae
Timmiellaceae is a family (biology), family of Peristome#In mosses, haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae). It contains two genera, ''Luisierella'' and ''Timmiella'', that were formerly place in family Pottiaceae.
Taxonomy
The genera ''Luisierella' ...
'', due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014.
References
External links
Pottiaceae
Moss families
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