Bryaceae is a family 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 comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
es.
Genera
Genera include:
[Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology''. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). .]
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Acidodontium''
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Anomobryum
''Anomobryum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Bryaceae.
The genus was first described by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the rang ...
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Anomobryum julaceum
''Anomobryum julaceum'', the slender silver-moss, is a species of bryophyte native to all continents except South America and Antarctica. ''A. julaceum'' is found widespread in the temperate regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Its ...
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Brachymenium''
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Bryum
''Bryum'' is a genus of mosses in the family Bryaceae. It was considered the largest genus of mosses, in terms of the number of species (over 1000), until it was split into three separate genera in a 2005 publication. As of 2013, the classificat ...
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Imbribryum''
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Leptostomopsis'' (formerly part of ''Bryum'')
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Mniobryoides''
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Ochiobryum''
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Osculatia''
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Perssonia''
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Plagiobryoides
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Plagiobryum
''Plagiobryum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Bryaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropr ...
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*'' Ptychostomum'' (formerly part of ''Bryum'')
*'']Rhodobryum
''Rhodobryum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Bryaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in ap ...
'' (e.g. ''Rhodobryum roseum
''Rhodobryum roseum'', commonly known as rose moss, is a species of moss of the subclass Bryidae and family Bryaceae, found throughout most of the world in woods or sheltered grassy places. It rarely forms sporophytes and spore cases, and primari ...
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*'' Roellobryon'' (formerly known as ''Roellia''
References
Moss families
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