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 and Ptilium.

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

Acritodon Andoa Austrohondaella Bardunovia Breidleria Bryocrumia Buckiella Callicladium Calliergonella Campylophyllopsis Campylophyllum Caribaeohypnum Chryso-hypnum Crepidophyllum Ctenidiadelphus Cyathothecium Dacryophyllum

Ectropotheciella Ectropotheciopsis Ectropothecium Elharveya Elmeriobryum Entodontella Eurohypnum Foreauella Gammiella Giraldiella Gollania Hageniella Herzogiella Homomallium Hondaella Horridohypnum

Hyocomium Hypnum Irelandia Isopterygiopsis Leiodontium Leptoischyrodon Macrothamniella Mahua Microctenidium Mittenothamnium Nanothecium Orthothecium Phyllodon Plagiotheciopsis Platydictya Platygyriella

Podperaea Pseudohypnella Pseudotaxiphyllum Ptilium Pylaisia Rhacopilopsis Rhizohypnella Sclerohypnum Stenotheciopsis Stereodon Stereodontopsis Syringothecium Taxiphyllopsis Taxiphyllum Vesicularia Wijkiella

See also

• Feathermoss

References

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