Bryales is an

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

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.

Taxonomy

The order Bryales includes the following five families: *

Bryaceae Bryaceae is a family of mosses. 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: Cambri ...

* Leptostomataceae * Mniaceae * Phyllodrepaniaceae * Pulchrinodaceae The order used to be defined broadly to include the

Rhizogoniales Rhizogoniales is an order of mosses in the Bryopsida The Bryopsida constitute the largest class of mosses, containing 95% of all moss species. It consists of approximately 11,500 species, common throughout the whole world. The group is dist ...

, but is now used in a narrower sense.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). . A species of the Mniaceae genus ''

Rhizomnium ''Rhizomnium'' is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae commonly referred to as leafy mosses. They grow nearly worldwide, mostly in the northern hemisphere. Species * ''Rhizomnium andrewsianum'' * ''Rhizomnium appalachianum'' * ''Rhizomnium g ...

'', ''

Rhizomnium dentatum ''Rhizomnium dentatum'' is an extinct species of moss in the family Mniaceae. The species is solely known from the Middle Eocene Baltic amber deposits in the Baltic Sea region of Europe. The genus contains a total of thirteen extant species distr ...

'', was described from fossil gametophytes preserved in Baltic amber. The families

Catoscopiaceae ''Catoscopium'' is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the monotypic family Catoscopiaceae . Taxonomy The family Catoscopiaceae has traditionally been considered part order Bryales. However, phylogenetic analyses have found ''Cato ...

and

Pseudoditrichaceae ''Pseudoditrichum'' is a rare North American genus of haplolepideous moss (Dicranidae). It is the only known genus in its family (Pseudoditrichaceae), and there is only one species in the genus. ''Pseudoditrichum mirabile'' has been found only ...

were previously placed in Bryales, but are now placed in

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 Peristome (from the Greek ''peri'', meaning 'around' or 'about', ...

as part of an early branching grade.

References

Moss orders {{bryophyte-stub