Leskeaceae 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 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 ...
.
Genera
As recognised by
World Flora Online
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Description
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(2022);
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Bryonorrisia''
L.R.Stark & W.R.Buck (2 species)
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Chileobryon''
Enroth (1 species)
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Duthiella'' (18 species)
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Fabronidium''
Müll. Hal. (2 species)
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Habrodon''
Schimp. (4 species)
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Iwatsukiella''
W.R. Buck & H.A. Crum
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Lescuraea''
Schimp. (31 species)
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Leskea
''Leskea'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Leskeaceae.
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 app ...
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Hedw. (113 species)
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Leskeadelphus''
Herzog (2 species)
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Leskeella''
(Limpr.) Loeske (11 species)
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Lesquereuxia''
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Lindbergia''
Kindb. (21 species)
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Mamillariella''
Laz.
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Orthoamblystegium''
Dixon & Sakurai
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Pseudodimerodontium''
(Broth.) Broth.
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Pseudoleskea''
Bruch & Schimp. (80 species)
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Pseudoleskeella''
Kindb. (27 species)
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Pseudoleskeopsis''
Broth. (21 species)
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Rigodiadelphus''
Dixon (2 species)
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Schwetschkea''
Müll. Hal. (30 species)
GBIF
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also lists ''
Neolescuraea''
References
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Hypnales
Moss families