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 belonging to the order
Hypnales
Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them ...
.
The family includes thr following genera:
* '' Calliergon'' (Sull.) Kindb.
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Loeskypnum
''Loeskypnum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
The genus name of ''Loeskypnum'' is in honour of Leopold Loeske (1865-1935), who was a German watc ...
Straminergon
''Straminergon'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Amblystegiaceae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of ...
'' Hedenäs
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Warnstorfia
''Warnstorfia'' is a genus of mosses. They are known as in Swedish language, Swedish and in Dutch language, Dutch. It was named in honor of Carl Friedrich Warnstorf.HypnalesMoss families
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