Hylocomiaceae

Hylocomiaceae
Hylocomium splendens
Systematics
Department : Moss (Bryophyta) Subdivision : Bryophytina Class : Bryopsida Subclass : Bryidae Order : Hypnales Family : Hylocomiaceae
Scientific name
Hylocomiaceae
( Broth. ) M. Meat.

The Hylocomiaceae is a family of the moss order Hypnales . The family has its main distribution in the northern hemisphere.

Typical characteristics

They are mostly relatively strong mosses that are loosely branched and can often form large lawns. Some of the most common forest and meadow mosses are in this family.

The leaf cells of the mosses of this family are always very long and narrow. The leaves lack a central rib, but at the bottom there is a very short double or single rib. In contrast to the Hypnaceae , the cells of the leaf wing are never particularly differentiated.

Systematics

The family contains 15 genera:

• Ctenidium
• Hageniella
• Hylocomiastrum
• Hylocomium
• Leptocladiella
• Leptohymenium
• Loeskobryum
• Macrothamnium
• Meteoriella
• Neodolichomitra
• Orontobryum
• Pleurocium
  • Rotstängelmoos ( Pleurozium schreberi )
• Puiggariopsis
• Rhytidiadelphus
• Rhytidiopsis

Of these genera, Ctenidium , Hylocomium , Pleurozium and Rhytidiadelphus also occur in Europe.

Individual evidence

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 , 241 f.

literature

• Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .

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