Hypopterygiaceae Explained

The Hypopterygiaceae are a family of mainly tropical mosses of the order Hypopterygiales,^[1] a sister-group to the Hookeriales and Hypnales.

It contains eight genera.^{[2] [3]}

• Arbusculohypopterygium
• Canalohypopterygium
• Catharomnion
• Cyathophorum
• Dendrocyathophorum
• Dendrohypopterygium
• Hypopterygium
• Lopidium

External links

• Bryophyte Phylogeny Poster

Notes and References

1. Liu. Yang. Johnson. Matthew G.. Cox. Cymon J.. Medina. Rafael. Devos. Nicolas. Vanderpoorten. Alain. Hedenäs. Lars. Bell. Neil E.. Shevock. James R.. Aguero. Blanka. Quandt. Dietmar. Wickett. Norman J.. Shaw. A. Jonathan. Goffinet. Bernard. Resolution of the ordinal phylogeny of mosses using targeted exons from organellar and nuclear genomes. Nature Communications. 10. 1. 2019. 2041-1723. 10.1038/s41467-019-09454-w. free. 6445109.
2. Web site: Bryogeography of the Hypopterygiaceae. Lepp. Heino . 2012. Australian Bryophytes. Australian National Botanic Gardens and Australian National Herbarium. 21 October 2015.
3. Web site: Goffinet . B. . W.R. . Buck . Classification of extant moss genera . Classification of the Bryophyta . 27 July 2020.