Family of mosses
Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence[1] 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.[2]
Classification
The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:[3]
- Acritodon H. Rob.
- Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
- Bryosedgwickia Tosco & Piovano
- Chryso-hypnum Hampe
- Crepidophyllum Herzog
- Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
- Cyathothecium Dixon
- Dacryophyllum Ireland
- Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
- Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
- Ectropothecium Mitt.
- Elharveya H.A. Crum
- Elmeriobryum Broth.
- Entodontella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
- Eurohypnum Ando
- Foreauella Dixon & P. de la Varde
- Glossadelphus M. Fleisch.
- Gollania Broth.
- Hypnum Hedw.
- Irelandia W. R. Buck
- Karstia B.H. Allen
- Leiodontium Broth.
- Leptoischyrodon Dixon
- Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
- Mahua W.R. Buck
- Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
- Microthamnium A. Jaeger
- Mittenothamnium Henn.
- Nanothecium Dixon & P. de la Varde
- Neoptychophyllum S. He
- Plagiotheciopsis Broth.
- Platygyriella Cardot
- Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
- Pseudohypnella (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
- Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
- Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
- Sclerohypnum Dixon
- Stenotheciopsis Broth.
- Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
- Syringothecium Mitt.
- Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
- Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.
- Wijkiella Bizot & Lewinsky
Formerly included