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Hypnaceae

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

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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

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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

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The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:[3]

Formerly included

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See also

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References

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Line notes

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  1. ^ ITIS Report. 1999
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
  3. ^ "Hypnaceae Schimp". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Tutigaea H.Ando, 1958". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 November 2022.