Bryidae is an important subclass of Bryopsida. It is common throughout the whole world. Members have a double peristome with alternating tooth segments.

Bryidae
Aulacomnium palustre
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Engl.
Orders

Bryanae

Bartramiales
Bryales
Hedwigiales
Orthotrichales
Rhizogoniales
Splachnales

Hypnanae

Hookeriales
Hypnales
Hypnodendrales
Ptychomniales

Classification edit

The classification of the Bryidae.[1][2]

Superorder: Bryanae

Bartramiales
Bryales
Hedwigiales
Orthotrichales
Rhizogoniales
Splachnales

Superorder: Hypnanae

Hypnodendrales
Ptychomniales
Hookeriales
Hypnales

References edit

  1. ^ Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1.
  2. ^ "Classification of the Bryophyta". Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2011-02-25.