Pottiaceae
Family of mosses
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The Pottiaceae are a family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known.[1]
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| Pottiaceae | |
|---|---|
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| Tortula muralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Dicranidae |
| Order: | Pottiales |
| Family: | Pottiaceae Schimp. |
Genera
The family has four subfamilies and 83 genera.[2]
- Subfamily Trichostomoideae
- Bryoceuthospora
- Calymperastrum
- Calyptopogon
- Chionoloma
- Eucladium
- Leptobarbula
- Neophoenix
- Pachyneuropsis
- Pleurochaete
- Pottiopsis
- Pseudosymblepharis
- Quaesticula
- Streptocalypta
- Tetracoscinodon
- Tetrapterum
- Tortella Lindb.
- Trachycarpidium
- Trichostomum
- Oxystegus
- Tuerckheima Broth.
- Uleobryum
- Weissia
- Weissiodicranum
- Subfamily Barbuloideae
- Anoectangium
- Barbula
- Bellibarbula
- Bryoerythrophyllum
- Cinclidotus
- Dialytrichia
- Didymodon (e.g. Didymodon tomaculosus)
- Erythrophyllopsis
- Ganguleea
- Gertrudiella
- Gymnostomum
- Gymnostomiella
- Gyroweisia
- Hymenostyliella
- Hymenostylium
- Hyophila
- Hyophiladelphus
- Koponobryum
- Leptodontiella
- Leptodontium
- Luisierella
- Mironia
- Molendoa
- Plaubelia
- Pseudocrossidium
- Reimersia
- Rhexophyllum
- Sarconeurum (e.g. Sarconeurum glaciale)
- Splachnobryum
- Streptotrichum
- Teniolophora
- Trachyodontium
- Triquetrella
- Weisiopsis
- Subfamily Pottioideae
- Acaulon
- Aloina
- Aloinella Cardot
- Chenia
- Crossidium
- Crumia
- Dolotortula
- Globulinella
- Hennediella
- Hilpertia
- Ludorugbya
- Microbryum
- Microcrossidium
- Phascopsis
- Pterygoneurum
- Sagenotortula
- Saitobryum
- Stegonia
- Stonea R. H. Zander
- Streptopogon
- Syntrichia
- Tortula
- Willia
- Subfamily Merceyoideae
- Scopelophila
The GBIF also lists Morinia Cardot,[3] Saitoa,[4] Sebillea M.Bizot, 1974,[5] and Spruceella Müll.Hal., 1900[6] but with no subfamily details.
Subfamily Timmielloideae (and its two genera of Timmiella and Luisierella) have been transferred to a new family Timmiellaceae, due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014.[7]
