Ceratodon is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Ditrichaceae.[1] The genus was first described by Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri and has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Ceratodon
Ceratodon purpureus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Ditrichaceae
Genus: Ceratodon
Brid.

Species edit

The following species are recognised in the genus Ceratodon:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ceratodon Brid". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.