Pottiales Explained

Pottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.^{[1] [2]}

Classification

The following families are recognised in Bryophyte Biology:^{[1] [2]}

Some other families are recognised by other sources:

• Ephemeraceae ^[3]  - this putative family is characterized by highly simplified vegetative and sporogenous bodies and contains two genera, Ephemerum and Micromitrium. However, phylogenetic analysis finds it polyphyletic, with Ephemerum nested in Pottiaceae and Micromitrium recovered among the Dicranales, closely related to the Leucobryaceae, and assigned a new family, Micromitriaceae.^{[4] [2]}
• Hypodontiaceae ^[3]  - family containing the genus Hypodontium. Alternatively placed in Dicranales^{[1] [2]}
• Splachnobryaceae  - containing the genera Splachnobryum and Koponobryum^{[5] [6]}
• Bryobartramiaceae  - family containing a single genus with one species, Bryobartramia novae-valesiae^[7]
• Cinclidotaceae (lattice mosses)  - family containing the genus Cinclidotus.^{[8] [9]} Alternately place in Pottiaceae.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: Goffinet . B. . W.R. . Buck . Classification of extant moss genera . Classification of the Bryophyta . 4 March 2014 . 25 April 2020.
3. Stech. Michael. Frey. Wolfgang. A morpho-molecular classification of the mosses (Bryophyta). Nova Hedwigia. 86. 1. 2008. 1–21. 0029-5035. 10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0001.
4. Goffinet. Bernard. Budke. Jessica M.. Newman. Leah C.. Micromitriaceae: A new family of highly reduced mosses. Taxon. 60. 5. 2011. 1245–1254. 0040-0262. 10.1002/tax.605002.
5. Arts . Theo . 2001 . A Revision of the Splachnobryaceae (Musci) . Lindbergia . 26 . 2 . 77–96 . 20150068 .
6. Web site: Splachnobryaceae . The Plant List. 25 April 2020.
7. Web site: Bryobartramia . The Plant List. 25 April 2020.
8. Web site: Bryobartramia . The Plant List . 25 April 2020.
9. Web site: Watson . L. . Dallwitz . M.J. . 2019 . Cinclidotaceae . The moss families (Bryophyta, Musci) of Britain and Ireland . 25 April 2020.