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Rhachitheciaceae

Family of haplolepideous mosses

Rhachitheciaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in the subfamily Dicranidae. It was formerly placed in the order Dicranales, but is now placed in order Rhabdoweisiales along with family Rhabdoweisiaceae.

Rhachitheciaceae

Rhachitheciaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Rhabdoweisiales
Family: Rhachitheciaceae
H. Rob.
Genera

Seven genera, see text

Rhachitheciaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in the subfamily Dicranidae.[1][2][3] It was formerly placed in the order Dicranales,[2] but is now placed in order Rhabdoweisiales along with family Rhabdoweisiaceae.[3]

Genera

The family Rhachitheciaceae contains seven genera:[3]

References

  1. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
  2. 1 2 Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Brinda, John C.; Atwood, John J. (eds.). "A Classification of the Dicranidae". The Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 21 November 2024.