Bryaceae Explained

Bryaceae is a family of mosses.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

Genera include:^{[3] [4]}

• Acidodontium
• Anomobryum (e.g. Anomobryum julaceum)
• Brachymenium
• Bryum
• Gemmabryum
• Haplodontium
• Imbribryum
• Leptostomopsis (formerly part of Bryum)
• Mniobryoides
• Ochiobryum
• Osculatia
• Perssonia
  • Plagiobryoides Plagiobryum ^[1]
• Ptychostomum (formerly part of Bryum)
• Rhodobryum (e.g. Rhodobryum roseum)
• Rosulabryum

Formerly included

• Roellobryon (formerly known as Roellia, now a part of Roellobryaceae)

Notes and References

1. Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). .
2. Book: Goffinet . B. . W. R. . Buck . A. J. . Shaw . 2008 . Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta . 55–138 . Goffinet . B. . J. . Shaw . Bryophyte Biology . 2nd . New York . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-87225-6 . https://books.google.com/books?id=te0fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108.
3. Web site: Goffinet . B. . W.R. . Buck . Classification of extant moss genera . Classification of the Bryophyta . 4 March 2014 . 1 May 2020.
4. Web site: The Bryophyte Nomenclator . A Synopsis of the Bryaceae . 20 March 2024.