Pottiales is an
order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
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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 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; the peristome teeth are haplolepideous with a 4:2:3 formula, and an exostome ...
.
Classification
The following families are recognised in ''Bryophyte Biology'':
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* Pottiaceae
*]Pleurophascaceae
''Pleurophascum'' is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Pleurophascaceae. The family was previously place in the order Pottiales
Pottiales is an order (biology), order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
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*Serpotortellaceae
''Serpotortella'' is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Serpotortellaceae in the order Pottiales
Pottiales is an order (biology), order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.
Classification
The following fa ...
*Mitteniaceae
Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, ''Mittenia plumula'', which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae.
The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales
Pottiales is an order ...
Some other families are recognised by other sources:
* Ephemeraceae Micromitrium
''Micromitrium'' is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Micromitriaceae . The genus ''Micrometrium'' was previously placed in family Pottiaceae in order Pottiales
Pottiales is an order (biology), order of mo ...
''. However, phylogenetic analysis finds it polyphyletic, with ''Ephemerum'' nested in Pottiaceae and ''Micromitrium'' recovered among the Dicranales, closely related to the Leucobryaceae, and assigned a new family, Micromitriaceae
''Micromitrium'' is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Micromitriaceae . The genus ''Micrometrium'' was previously placed in family Pottiaceae in order Pottiales
Pottiales is an order (biology), order of mo ...
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* Hypodontiaceae ][
* Splachnobryaceae – containing the genera '' Splachnobryum'' and '' Koponobryum''
* Bryobartramiaceae – family containing a single genus with one species, '' Bryobartramia novae-valesiae''
* Cinclidotaceae (lattice mosses) – family containing the genus '' Cinclidotus''.][
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References
Dicranidae
Moss orders
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