Splachnaceae

Splachnaceae
	Splachnum sphaericum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Splachnales
Family:	Splachnaceae; Grev. & Arn.
Genera
	Aplodon; Moseniella; Splachnum; Tayloria; Tetraplodon; Voitia;

Splachnaceae is a family of mosses, containing around 70 species in 6 genera.^[1] Around half of those species are entomophilous, using insects to disperse their spores, a characteristic found in no other seedless land plants.^[2]

References

^ Bernard Goffinet (2012). "Splachnaceae". In Patrick M. McCarthy (ed.). Australian Mosses Online (PDF). Australian Biological Resources Study.
^ Bernard Goffinet, A. Jonathan Shaw & Cymon J. Cox (2004). "Phylogenetic inferences in the dung-moss family Splachnaceae from analyses of cpDNA sequence data and implications for the evolution of entomophily". American Journal of Botany. 91 (5): 748–759. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.5.748. PMID 21653429.

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[1] Bernard Goffinet (2012). "Splachnaceae". In Patrick M. McCarthy (ed.). Australian Mosses Online (PDF). Australian Biological Resources Study.

[2] Bernard Goffinet, A. Jonathan Shaw & Cymon J. Cox (2004). "Phylogenetic inferences in the dung-moss family Splachnaceae from analyses of cpDNA sequence data and implications for the evolution of entomophily". American Journal of Botany. 91 (5): 748–759. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.5.748. PMID 21653429.

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