Rhabdoweisiaceae Explained

Rhabdoweisiaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses in subfamily Dicranidae.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was previously place in the order Dicranales,^[2] but is now placed in order Rhabdoweisiales, along with family Rhachitheciaceae.^[3]

Genera

The family Rhabdoweisiaceae contains 16 extant genera:^[3]

• Arctoa
• Brideliella
• Camptodontium
• Cnestrum
• Cynodontium
• Dicranoweisia
• Eucamptodon
• Glyphomitrium
• Kiaeria
• Notocynodontium
• Oncophorus
• Oreas
• Rhabdoweisia
• Ripariella
• Sebillea
• Symblepharis

The extinct genus Jamesrossia is also assigned to Rhabdoweisiaceae.^[3]

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 . 8 April 2020.
3. Dicranidae . 21 November 2024.