Amblystegiaceae

Amblystegiaceae is a family of mosses. It includes 20 to 30 genera with a total of up to 150 species.[2] They occur nearly worldwide, growing in tropical, temperate, and subpolar regions.[2]

Amblystegiaceae
Campylium stellatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Amblystegiaceae
Kindb.
Subfamilies[1]
  • Drepanocladoideae Kanda
  • Hygrohypnoideae Kanda
  • Sciaromiopsidoideae Ochyra
  • Cratoneuroideae Vanderp., Hedenäs, C.J. Cox & A.J. Shaw
  • Anacamptodontinae Vanderp., Hedenäs, C.J. Cox & A.J. Shaw
  • Amblystegioideae Broth.
  • Drepanocladinae Vanderp., Hedenäs, C.J. Cox & A.J. Shaw
  • Amblystegieae Vanderp., Hedenäs, C.J. Cox & A.J. Shaw
  • Amblystegiinae Vanderp., Hedenäs, C.J. Cox & A.J. Shaw
Synonyms[1]
  • Cratoneuraceae Mönk.
  • Donrichardsiaceae Ochyra
  • Hypnobartlettiaceae Ochyra
  • Vittiaceae Ochyra

These mosses are small to large in size and are yellow, green, or brown in color.[2] Some are aquatic and some terrestrial. Most occur in wet habitat types. Many occur in substrates with a basic pH, but some grow in neutral to acidic substrates.[3]

Genera

Genera include:[1]

  • Apterygium Kindb.1885
  • Calliergidium Grout1929
  • Calliergon (Sull.) Kindb.1894
  • Campyliadelphus (Kindb.) R.S. Chopra1975
  • Campylium (Sull.) Mitt.1869
  • Conardia H. Rob.1976
  • Cratoneuron (Sull.) Spruce1867
  • Cratoneuropsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.1923
  • Acrocladium Mitt.1869
  • Hygrohypnum Lindb.1872 [1873]
  • Leptodictyum (Schimp.) Warnst.1906
  • Loeskypnum H.K.G. Paul1918
  • Platydictya Berk.1863
  • Platyhypnum Loeske1911
  • Platylomella A.L. Andrews1950
  • Pseudocalliergon (Limpr.) Loeske1907
  • Sasaokaea Broth.1929
  • Sciaromiopsis Broth.1924
  • Serpoleskea (Hampe ex Limpr.) Loeske1905
  • Sinocalliergon Sakurai1949
  • Sarmentypnum Tuom. & T.J. Kop.1979
  • Pictus C.C. Towns.1983
  • Koponenia Ochyra1985
  • Hypnobartlettia Ochyra1985
  • Sciaromiella Ochyra1986
  • Ochyraea Váňa1986
  • Richardsiopsis Ochyra1986
  • Limprichtia Loeske1907
  • Sanionia Loeske1907
  • Hypnites Ettingsh.1855
  • Neocalliergon R.S. Williams1930
  • Sciaromiadelphus Abramova & I.I. Abramov1967
  • Scorpidium (Schimp.) Limpr.1899
  • Warnstorfia Loeske1907
  • Donrichardsia H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson1979
  • Vittia Ochyra1987
  • Hamatocaulis Hedenäs1989
  • Callialaria Ochyra1989
  • Palustriella Ochyra1989
  • Gradsteinia Ochyra1990
  • Protoochyraea Ignatov1990
  • Orthotheciella (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra1998
  • Campylidium (Kindb.) Ochyra2003
  • Hygrohypnella Ignatov & Ignatova2004
  • Campylophyllopsis W.R. Buck2009
  • Pseudocampylium Vanderp. & Hedenäs2009
  • Pseudoamblystegium Vanderp. & Hedenäs2009
  • Straminergon Hedenäs1993
  • Larrainia W.R. Buck2015
  • Arvernella Hugonnot & Hedenäs2015
  • Microhypnum Jan Kučera & Ignatov2019
  • Amblystegium Schimp.1853 (e.g. Amblystegium serpens)
  • Pseudohygrohypnum Kanda1976 [1977]
  • Hygroamblystegium Loeske1903
  • Drepanocladus (Müll. Hal.) G. Roth1899

References
  1. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 24 Feb 2020 http://www.tropicos.org/Name/35001450
  2. Amblystegiaceae. Flora of North America. Volume 28.
  3. Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2005 onwards. Amblystegiaceae. The Moss Families of the British Isles. Version: 21 June 2009.
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