Funariales Explained

Funariales is an order containing 356 species, 26 genera and 7 families.

• • 1. Gigaspermaceae 2. Funariaceae (ca. 300 species)
  • 3. Disceliaceae 4. Oedipodiacea
  • 5. Splachaceae 6. Ephemeraceae
• 7. Splachnobryaceae

The members are small, annual or biennial land mosses.

The family Disceliaceae and its only species, Discelium nudum, was formerly placed in this order,^[1] but is now placed in its own order, Disceliales.

Notes and References

1. Book: Goffinet, B. . Bryophyte Biology . W. R. Buck . A. J. Shaw . Cambridge University Press . 2008 . 978-0-521-87225-6 . Bernard Goffinet . 2nd . Cambridge . 55–138 . Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta . A. Jonathan Shaw.