Thuidiaceae is a family of mosses within 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 ...
. It includes many genera but the classification may need to be refined. The core genera are ''
Thuidium
''Thuidium'' is a genus of moss in the family Thuidiaceae. The name comes from the genus ''Thuja'' and the Latin suffix -idium, meaning diminutive. This is due to its resemblance to small cedar trees.
Description
Members of the genus are charac ...
'', ''
Thuidiopsis
''Thuidiopsis'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Thuidiaceae
Thuidiaceae is a family of mosses within the order Hypnales. It includes many genera but the classification may need to be refined. The core genera are ''Thuidium
''Th ...
'', ''
Pelekium
''Pelekium'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Thuidiaceae.
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 a ...
'', ''
Aequatoriella'', ''
Abietinella'', ''
Rauiella'', ''
Haplocladium'' and ''
Actinothuidium'' form a clade but others currently placed in the family may belong elsewhere.
Species include ''
Thuidiopsis sparsa
''Thuidiopsis sparsa'' is a species of moss in the family Thuidiaceae. The natural distribution includes Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It c ...
'' and ''
Abietinella abietina
''Abietinella abietina'' is a species of moss in the family Thuidiaceae
Thuidiaceae is a family of mosses within the order Hypnales. It includes many genera but the classification may need to be refined. The core genera are ''Thuidium
''Thu ...
''
Genera
As accepted by
GBIF
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;
* ''Abietinella'' (4)
* ''Actinothuidium'' (1)
* ''Aequatoriella'' (1)
* ''
Anomodon'' (55)
* ''
Boulaya'' (1)
* ''
Bryochenea'' (2)
* ''
Bryohaplocladium'' (10)
* ''
Bryonoguchia'' (2)
* ''
Claopodium'' (18)
* ''
Cyrto-hypnum
''Cyrto-hypnum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Thuidiaceae
Thuidiaceae is a family of mosses within the order Hypnales. It includes many genera but the classification may need to be refined. The core genera are ''Thuidium
''Th ...
'' (39)
* ''
Echinophyllum'' (1)
* ''Haplocladium'' (46)
* ''
Helodium
''Helodium'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Helodiaceae.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
Species
As accepted by the GBIF;
* '' Helodium amurense''
* '' Helodium blandowii''
** ''Helodium b ...
'' (7)
* ''
Herpetineuron'' (3)
* ''
Heterocladium
''Heterocladium'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Thuidiaceae
Thuidiaceae is a family of mosses within the order Hypnales. It includes many genera but the classification may need to be refined. The core genera are ''Thuidium
'' ...
'' (22)
* ''
Hylocomiopsis'' (3)
* ''
Indothuidium'' (1)
* ''
Inouethuidium'' (1)
* ''
Leptocladium'' (1)
* ''
Leptopterigynandrum'' (13)
* ''
Lorentzia'' (3)
* ''
Miyabea'' (5)
* ''
Orthothuidium'' (1)
* ''Pelekium'' (36)
* ''
Ptychodium (15)
* ''Rauiella'' (15)
* ''
Tamariscella'' (3)
* ''
Tetracladium (moss)Tetracladium'' (1)
* ''Thuidiopsis'' (15)
* ''Thuidium'' (223)
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.
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References
External links
Thuidiaceae
Hypnales
Moss families
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