Hypnaceae
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:- Acritodon
- Austrohondaella
- Bryosedgwickia
- Chryso-hypnum
- Crepidophyllum
- Ctenidiadelphus
- Cyathothecium
- Dacryophyllum
- Ectropotheciella
- Ectropotheciopsis
- Ectropothecium
- Elharveya
- Elmeriobryum
- Entodontella
- Eurohypnum
- Foreauella
- Glossadelphus
- Gollania
- Hypnum
- Irelandia
- Karstia
- Leiodontium
- Leptoischyrodon
- Macrothamniella
- Mahua
- Microctenidium
- Microthamnium
- Mittenothamnium
- Nanothecium
- Neoptychophyllum
- Plagiotheciopsis
- Platygyriella
- Podperaea
- Pseudohypnella
- Rhacopilopsis
- Rhizohypnella
- Sclerohypnum
- Stenotheciopsis
- Stereodontopsis
- Syringothecium
- Taxiphyllopsis
- Vesicularia
- ''Wijkiella''
Formerly included
- Acosta – synonym of Sematophyllum
- Allorgea – synonym of Andoa
- Andoa – now in Myuriaceae
- Breidleria – synonym of Stereodon
- Bryocrumia – now in Symphyodontaceae
- Buckiella – synonym of Plagiothecium
- Callicladium – now in Callicladiaceae
- Campylophyllum – now in Amblystegiaceae
- Caribaeohypnum – now in Taxiphyllaceae
- Ctenidium – now in Myuriaceae
- Cupressina – synonym of Hypnum
- Dolichotheca – synonym of Herzogiella
- Drepanium – now in Amblystegiaceae
- Filibryum – now in Taxiphyllaceae
- Giraldiella – synonym of Pylaisia
- Herzogiella – now in Plagiotheciaceae
- Homomallium – now in Pylaisiaceae
- Hondaella – now in Taxiphyllaceae
- Hyocomium – now in Myuriaceae
- Isopterygium – now in Pylaisiadelphaceae
- Orthotheciadelphus – synonym of Orthothecium
- Orthothecium – now in Plagiotheciaceae
- Phyllodon – now in Symphyodontaceae
- Platygyrium – now in Pylaisiadelphaceae
- Ptilium – now in Pylaisiaceae
- Puiggariella – synonym of Puiggariopsis
- Puiggariopsis – now in Hylocomiaceae
- Pylaisia – now in Pylaisiaceae
- Pylaisaea – synonym of Pylaisia
- Rhizohypnum – synonym of Mittenothamnium
- Taxiphyllum – now in Taxiphyllaceae
- Trachythecium – now in Symphyodontaceae
- Tutigaea – synonym of ''Hondaella''
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