Aulacomniaceae is a
family of
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 horn ...
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Description
Bell et al. (2007) describes members of the family:
*"Morphological traits shared by these taxa include sulcate capsules, deciduous apical leaves, undulate, oblong-ovate and asymmetrical leaves with coarsely-toothed margins, and smooth leaf cells."
[Bell, N., Quandt, D., O'Brien, T., & Newton, A. (2007). Taxonomy and Phylogeny in the Earliest Diverging Pleurocarps: Square Holes and Bifurcating Pegs. The Bryologist, 110(3), 533-560. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20110887Copy]
Classification
The placement of the family has been subject to much revision. The family was first described by
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper in his 1860 publication ''Synopsis Muscorum Europaeorum''.
Bell et al. (2007) elevated the family to the order Aulacomniales.
[ However, the Goffinet et al. (2009) classification places the family within the ]Rhizogoniales
Rhizogoniales is an order of 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 ...
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The genera represented by the order are:
* '']Aulacomnium
''Aulacomnium'' is a genus of mosses of the family Aulacomniaceae, with a circumpolar distribution.
Species
Species currently accepted by The Plant List are as follows:
*'' Aulacomnium acuminatum'' (Lindb. & Arnell) Kindb.
*'' Aulacomnium andr ...
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* ''Mesochaete
''Mesochaete'' is a genus of moss
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 ...
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* '' Hymenodontopsis''
References
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Moss families