Hypnaceae

Hypnaceae
Hypnum cupressiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Hypnales
Family:	Hypnaceae Schimp.
Genera
See Classification

Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.

Ecology

Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.

Classification

The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:

• Acosta (Schwägr.) Müll. Hal.
• Allorgea (Mont.) Ando
• Andoa Ochyra
• Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
• Breidleria Loeske
• Bryocrumia L. E. Anderson
• Bryosedgwickia Tosco & Piovano
• Buckiella Ireland
• Callicladium H. Crum
• Campylophyllum (Schimp.) M. Fleisch.
• Caribaeohypnum Ando & Higuchi
• Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
• Ctenidium (Schimp.) Mitt.
• Cupressina (Mitt.) Müll. Hal.
• Cyathothecium Dixon
• Dacryophyllum Ireland
• Dolichotheca (Broth.) Broth.
• Drepanium G. Roth
• Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
• Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
• Ectropothecium Mitt.
• Entodontella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
• Elmeriobryum Broth.
• Entodontella M. Fleisch.
• Eurohypnum Ando
• Filibryum W. Kim & T. Yamag.
• Giraldiella Müll. Hal.
• Glossadelphus M. Fleisch.
• Gollania Broth.
• Herzogiella Broth.
• Homomallium (Schimp.) Loeske
• Hondaella Dixon & Sakurai
• Hyocomium Bruch & Schimp.
• Hypnum Hedw.
• Irelandia W. R. Buck
• Isopterygium Mitt.
• Leiodontium Broth.
• Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
• Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
• Microthamnium A. Jaeger
• Mittenothamnium Henn.
• Orthotheciadelphus Dixon
• Orthothecium Schimp.
• Phyllodon Bruch & Schimp.
• Platygyriella Cardot
• Platygyrium Schimp.
• Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
• Ptilium De Not.
• Puiggariella Broth.
• Puiggariopsis M. Menzel
• Pylaisaea Müll. Hal.
• Pylaisia Schimp.
• Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
• Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
• Rhizohypnum Herzog
• Stenotheciopsis Broth.
• Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
• Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
• Taxiphyllum M. Fleisch.
• Trachythecium M. Fleisch.
• Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.

See also

• Feathermoss

References

• C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
• ITIS Report. 1999. Family: Hypnaceae