Hypnaceae Explained

Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence^[1] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.

Ecology

Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.^[2]

Classification

The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:^[3]

• Acritodon
• Austrohondaella
• Bryosedgwickia
• Chryso-hypnum
• Crepidophyllum
• Ctenidiadelphus
• Cyathothecium
• Dacryophyllum
• Ectropotheciella
• Ectropotheciopsis
• Ectropothecium
• Elharveya
• Elmeriobryum
• Entodontella
• Eurohypnum
• Foreauella
• Glossadelphus
• Gollania
• Hypnum
• Irelandia
• Karstia
• Leiodontium
• Leptoischyrodon
• Macrothamniella
• Mahua
• Microctenidium
• Microthamnium
• Mittenothamnium
• Nanothecium
• Neoptychophyllum
• Plagiotheciopsis
• Platygyriella
• Podperaea
• Pseudohypnella
• Rhacopilopsis
• Rhizohypnella
• Sclerohypnum
• Stenotheciopsis
• Stereodontopsis
• Syringothecium
• Taxiphyllopsis
• Vesicularia
• Wijkiella

Formerly included

• Acosta – synonym of Sematophyllum
• Allorgea – synonym of Andoa
• Andoa – now in Myuriaceae
• Breidleria – synonym of Stereodon
• Bryocrumia – now in Symphyodontaceae
• Buckiella – synonym of Plagiothecium
• Callicladium – now in Callicladiaceae
• Campylophyllum – now in Amblystegiaceae
• Caribaeohypnum – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Ctenidium – now in Myuriaceae
• Cupressina – synonym of Hypnum
• Dolichotheca – synonym of Herzogiella
• Drepanium – now in Amblystegiaceae
• Filibryum – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Giraldiella – synonym of Pylaisia
• Herzogiella – now in Plagiotheciaceae
• Homomallium – now in Pylaisiaceae
• Hondaella – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Hyocomium – now in Myuriaceae
• Isopterygium – now in Pylaisiadelphaceae
• Orthotheciadelphus – synonym of Orthothecium
• Orthothecium – now in Plagiotheciaceae
• Phyllodon – now in Symphyodontaceae
• Platygyrium – now in Pylaisiadelphaceae
• Ptilium – now in Pylaisiaceae
• Puiggariella – synonym of Puiggariopsis
• Puiggariopsis – now in Hylocomiaceae
• Pylaisia – now in Pylaisiaceae
• Pylaisaea – synonym of Pylaisia
• Rhizohypnum – synonym of Mittenothamnium
• Taxiphyllum – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Trachythecium – now in Symphyodontaceae
• Tutigaea ^[4] – synonym of Hondaella

See also

• Feathermoss

References

• C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
• ITIS Report. 1999. Family: Hypnaceae

Notes and References

1. ITIS Report. 1999
2. C. Michael Hogan. 2008
3. Web site: Hypnaceae Schimp.. www.worldfloraonline.org. 2 April 2024.
4. Web site: Tutigaea H.Ando, 1958 . www.gbif.org . 27 November 2022 . en.