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]
- Acosta (Schwägr.) Müll. Hal.
- Allorgea (Mont.) Ando
- Andoa Ochyra
- Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
- Breidleria Loeske
- Bryocrumia L. E. Anderson
- Bryosedgwickia Tosco & Piovano
- Buckiella Ireland
- Callicladium H. Crum
- Campylophyllum (Schimp.) M. Fleisch.
- Caribaeohypnum Ando & Higuchi
- Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
- Ctenidium (Schimp.) Mitt.
- Cupressina (Mitt.) Müll. Hal.
- Cyathothecium Dixon
- Dacryophyllum Ireland
- Dolichotheca (Broth.) Broth.
- Drepanium G. Roth
- Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
- Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
- Ectropothecium Mitt.
- Entodontella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
- Elmeriobryum Broth.
- Entodontella M. Fleisch.
- Eurohypnum Ando
- Filibryum W. Kim & T. Yamag.
- Giraldiella Müll. Hal.
- Glossadelphus M. Fleisch.
- Gollania Broth.
- Herzogiella Broth.
- Homomallium (Schimp.) Loeske
- Hondaella Dixon & Sakurai
- Hyocomium Bruch & Schimp.
- Hypnum Hedw.
- Irelandia W. R. Buck
- Isopterygium Mitt.
- Leiodontium Broth.
- Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
- Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
- Microthamnium A. Jaeger
- Mittenothamnium Henn.
- Orthotheciadelphus Dixon
- Orthothecium Schimp.
- Phyllodon Bruch & Schimp.
- Platygyriella Cardot
- Platygyrium Schimp.
- Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
- Ptilium De Not.
- Puiggariella Broth.
- Puiggariopsis M. Menzel
- Pylaisaea Müll. Hal.
- Pylaisia Schimp.
- Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
- Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
- Rhizohypnum Herzog
- Stenotheciopsis Broth.
- Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
- Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
- Taxiphyllum M. Fleisch.
- Trachythecium M. Fleisch.
- Tutigaea Ando 1958[4]
- Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.
