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Hypnaceae
Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumBryophyta
- ClassBryopsida
- OrderHypnales
- FamilyHypnaceae
Observations recorded543,267
La famille des Hypnaceae ou Hypnacées est une vaste famille de mousses répandue sur la majeure partie de la planète. Liste des genres Selon Catalogue of Life (9 juin 2013)[1] : genre Andoa genre Breidleria genre Bryocrumia genre Bryosedgwickia genre Buckiella genre Callicladium genre Caribaeohypnum genre Catagonium genre Chryso-hypnum genre Crepidophyllum genre Ctenidiadelphus genre Ctenidium genre Cyathothecium genre Dolichotheca genre Ectropotheciella genre Ectropotheciopsis genre Ectropothecium genre Elmeriobryum genre Entodontella genre Eurohypnum genre Giraldiella genre Glossadelphus genre Gollania genre Herzogiella genre Homomallium genre Hondaella genre Hyocomium genre Hypnum genre Irelandia genre Isopterygium genre Leiodontium genre Leucomium genre Macrothamniella genre Microctenidium genre Microthamnium genre Mittenothamnium genre Orthothecium genre Phyllodon genre Platygyriella genre Platygyrium genre Podperaea genre Pseudostereodon genre Ptilium genre Puiggariopsis genre Pylaisia genre Pylaisiella genre Rhacopilopsis genre Rhizohypnella genre Stenotheciopsis genre Stereodon genre Stereodontopsis genre Taxiphyllopsis genre Taxiphyllum genre Trachythecium genre Vesicularia
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Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence 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.