Dicranaceae

Dicranaceae
Dicranum scoparium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Dicranales
Family:	Dicranaceae Schimp.
Genera
See Classification

Dicranaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in class Bryopsida. Species within this family are dioicous. Genera in this family include Dicranum, Dicranoloma, and Mitrobryum.

Classification

The family Dicranaceae contains the following genera:

• Anisothecium Mitt.
• Aongstroemia Bruch & Schimp.
• Aongstroemiopsis M. Fleisch.
• Braunfelsia Paris
• Brotherobryum M. Fleisch.
• Bryotestua Thér. & P. de la Varde
• Camptodontium Dusén
• Campylopodium (Müll. Hal.) Besch.
• Chorisodontium (Mitt.) Broth.
• Cnestrum I. Hagen
• Cryptodicranum E. B. Bartram
• Dicnemon Schwägr.
• Dicranella (Müll. Hal.) Schimp.
• Dicranoloma (Renauld) Renauld
• Dicranum Hedw.
• Diobelonella Ochyra
• Eucamptodon Mont.
• Eucamptodontopsis Broth.
• Holomitriopsis H. Rob.
• Holomitrium Brid.
• Hygrodicranum Cardot
• Leptotrichella (Müll. Hal.) Lindb.
• Leucoloma Brid.
• Macrodictyum (Broth.) E. H. Hegew.
• Mesotus Mitt.
• Mitrobryum H. Rob.
• Muscoherzogia Ochyra
• Orthodicranum (Bruch & Schimp.) Loeske
• Paraleucobryum (Limpr.) Loeske
• Parisia Broth.
• Phantomia S. He & W.R. Buck
• Platyneuron (Cardot) Broth.
• Pocsiella Bizot
• Polymerodon Herzog
• Pseudephemerum (Lindb.) I. Hagen
• Pseudochorisodontium (Broth.) C. H. Gao, Vitt, X. H. Fu & T. Cao
• Schliephackea Müll. Hal.
• Sclerodontium Schwägr.
• Sphaerothecium Hampe
• Steyermarkiella H. Rob.
• Wardia Harv. & Hook.
• Werneriobryum Herzog

Other sources

• Müller, P. and J.-P. Frahm. 1987. A review of the Paraleucobryoideae (Dicranaceae). Nova Hedwigia 45: 283–314.