Thuidiaceae

Thuidiaceae

Thuidiaceae

Family of mosses

Thuidiaceae is a family of mosses within the order Hypnales. It includes many genera but the classification may need to be refined. The core genera are Thuidium, Thuidiopsis, Pelekium, Aequatoriella, Abietinella, Rauiella, Haplocladium and Actinothuidium form a clade but others currently placed in the family may belong elsewhere.[1]

Quick Facts Scientific classification ...

Species include Thuidiopsis sparsa and Abietinella abietina

Genera

As accepted by GBIF;[2]

  • Abietinella Müll.Hal. (4)
  • Actinothuidium (Besch.) Broth. (1)
  • Aequatoriella A.Touw, 2001 (1)
  • Anomodon W.J.Hooker & T.Taylor, 1818 (55)
  • Boulaya Cardot (1)
  • Bryochenea C.Gao & K.C.Chang (2)
  • Bryohaplocladium (10)
  • Bryonoguchia Z.Iwatsuki & H.Inoue, 1970 (2)
  • Claopodium (Lesq. & James) Renauld & Cardot (18)
  • Cyrto-hypnum (Hampe) Hampe & Lorentz (39)
  • Echinophyllum T.J.O'Brien (1)
  • Haplocladium (Müller Hal.) Müller Hal., 1896 (46)
  • Helodium Warnst. (7)
  • Herpetineuron (Müll.Hal.) Cardot (3)
  • Heterocladium Bruch & Schimp. (22)
  • Hylocomiopsis Cardot (3)
  • Indothuidium A.Touw, 2001 (1)
  • Inouethuidium R.Watanabe, 1991 (1)
  • Leptocladium Broth. (1)
  • Leptopterigynandrum Müll.Hal. (13)
  • Lorentzia (3)
  • Miyabea Broth. (5)
  • Orthothuidium D.H.Norris & T.J.Koponen, 1985 (1)
  • Pelekium Mitt. (36)
  • Ptychodium Schimp. (15)
  • Rauiella Reimers (15)
  • Tamariscella (Müller Hal.) Müller Hal., 1891 (3)
  • Tetracladium (Mitten) V.F.Brotherus, 1925 (1)
  • Thuidiopsis (Broth.) M.Fleisch. (15)
  • Thuidium Bruch & Schimp. (223)

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    García-Avila, Deneb; De Luna, Efraín; Newton, Angela E (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Thuidiaceae and the non-monophyly of the Thuidiaceae and the Leskeaceae based onrbcL,rps4 and therps4-trnS intergenic spacer". The Bryologist. 112: 80. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.80.
  2. [2]
    "Thuidiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 August 2022.


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