Funariales is an
order
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containing 356 species,26 genera and 7 families.
1.Gigaspermaceae 2.
Funariaceae
The Funariaceae are a family of mosses in the order Funariales. About 303 species are included in the family, with 200 species in '' Funaria'' and another 80 classified in '' Physcomitrium''.
The genus ''Goniomitrium'' has been recently moved f ...
3.
Disceliaceae 4.
Oedipodiacea
5.
Splachaceae 6.
Ephemeraceae
7.
Splachnobryaceae
The members are small,annual or biennial land mosses.
Families
The order contains 7 families:
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Funariaceae
The Funariaceae are a family of mosses in the order Funariales. About 303 species are included in the family, with 200 species in '' Funaria'' and another 80 classified in '' Physcomitrium''.
The genus ''Goniomitrium'' has been recently moved f ...
(ca. 300 species)
The family
Disceliaceae and its only species, ''
Discelium nudum
''Discelium'' is the only genus of moss in the family Disceliaceae; it contains the single species ''Discelium nudum'', the flag-moss. This species is rare, but is widely distributed in cool and temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere
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'', was formerly placed in this order,
but is now placed in its own order,
Disceliales
''Discelium'' is the only genus of moss in the family Disceliaceae; it contains the single species ''Discelium nudum'', the flag-moss. This species is rare, but is widely distributed in cool and temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere
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References
Moss orders
Monotypic plant orders
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