Funariaceae

Funariaceae
	Funaria hygrometrica
Systematics
Department :	Moss (Bryophyta)
Subdivision :	Bryophytina
Class :	Bryopsida
Subclass :	Funariidae
Order :	Funariales
Family :	Funariaceae
Scientific name
	Funariaceae
	Schwägr.

The Funariaceae are a family of the mosses (Bryophyta) and comprise around 250 species occurring worldwide.

features

The mosses are usually very small to medium in size and grow annually or in small pillows on the ground. They are acrocarp and usually have large central strands. The protonema is short-lived. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate. The lamina cells are large, loose and smooth and rectangular to hexagonal. The seta is usually elongated, straight or curved. The egg-shaped to elliptical capsules are sunken to elongated, upright or curved, symmetrical to strongly asymmetrical. The spores are of variable shape, the kalyptra is large, typically lobed and cap- or miter-shaped.

Occurrence

The Funariaceae, which occur worldwide, mainly grow in nutrient-rich locations, but always terrestrially.

Systematics

The family belonging to the order of the Funariales consists of 15 genera with almost 250 species, which are divided into two subfamilies:

Subfamily Funarioideae, ~ 240 species, worldwide
- Aphanorrhegma , 1st species, eastern North America
  - Aphanorrhegma serratum
- Brachymeniopsis , 1 species, China
  - Brachymeniopsis gymnostoma
- Bryobeckettia , 1 species, New Zealand
  - Bryobeckettia bartlettii
- Clavitheca , 1 species, Himalaya
  - Clavitheca poeltii
- Cygnicollum , 1 species, South Africa
  - Cygnicollum immersum
- Entosthodon , 85 species, worldwide
- Funaria , 80 species, worldwide
  - Funaria hygrometrica
- Funariella , 1 kind, Mediterranean Europe, Macaronesia
  - Funariella curviseta
- Loiseaubryum , 1 species, tropical Africa, India, Pakistan
  - Loiseaubryum nutans
- Nanomitriella , 1 species, Burma
  - Nanomitriella ciliata
- Physcomitrella , 2 species, North America, Europe, tropical Africa, Asia, Australasia
  - Physcomitrella patens
- Physcomitrellopsis , 1 species, South Africa
  - Physcomitrellopsis africana
- Physcomitrium , 65 species, almost cosmopolitan
  - Physcomitrium pyriforme
- Steppomitra , 1 kind, Iran
  - Steppomitra hadacii

Subfamily Pyramiduloideae
- Goniomitrium , 4 species, Spain, Macaronesia, South Africa and Australasia
- Pyramidula , 1 species, Europe, North Africa, Israel

proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c Wolfgang Frey , Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , pp. 150-153.

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[syll-1] Wolfgang Frey , Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , pp. 150-153.