Hypnaceae

Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.

Hypnaceae
Hypnum cupressiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Hypnales
Family:	Hypnaceae Schimp.
Genera
See Classification

Ecology

Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.

Classification

The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:

• Acritodon H. Rob.
• Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
• Bryosedgwickia Tosco & Piovano
• Chryso-hypnum Hampe
• Crepidophyllum Herzog
• Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
• Cyathothecium Dixon
• Dacryophyllum Ireland
• Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
• Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
• Ectropothecium Mitt.
• Elharveya H.A. Crum
• Elmeriobryum Broth.
• Entodontella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
• Eurohypnum Ando
• Foreauella Dixon & P. de la Varde
• Glossadelphus M. Fleisch.
• Gollania Broth.
• Hypnum Hedw.
• Irelandia W. R. Buck
• Karstia B.H. Allen
• Leiodontium Broth.
• Leptoischyrodon Dixon
• Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
• Mahua W.R. Buck
• Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
• Microthamnium A. Jaeger
• Mittenothamnium Henn.
• Nanothecium Dixon & P. de la Varde
• Neoptychophyllum S. He
• Plagiotheciopsis Broth.
• Platygyriella Cardot
• Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
• Pseudohypnella (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
• Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
• Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
• Sclerohypnum Dixon
• Stenotheciopsis Broth.
• Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
• Syringothecium Mitt.
• Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
• Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.
• Wijkiella Bizot & Lewinsky

Formerly included

• Acosta (Schwägr.) Müll. Hal. – synonym of Sematophyllum
• Allorgea (Mont.) Ando – synonym of Andoa
• Andoa Ochyra – now in Myuriaceae
• Breidleria Loeske – synonym of Stereodon
• Bryocrumia L. E. Anderson – now in Symphyodontaceae
• Buckiella Ireland – synonym of Plagiothecium
• Callicladium H. Crum – now in Callicladiaceae
• Campylophyllum (Schimp.) M. Fleisch. – now in Amblystegiaceae
• Caribaeohypnum Ando & Higuchi – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Ctenidium (Schimp.) Mitt. – now in Myuriaceae
• Cupressina (Mitt.) Müll. Hal. – synonym of Hypnum
• Dolichotheca (Broth.) Broth. – synonym of Herzogiella
• Drepanium G. Roth – now in Amblystegiaceae
• Filibryum W. Kim & T. Yamag. – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Giraldiella Müll. Hal. – synonym of Pylaisia
• Herzogiella Broth. – now in Plagiotheciaceae
• Homomallium (Schimp.) Loeske – now in Pylaisiaceae
• Hondaella Dixon & Sakurai – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Hyocomium Bruch & Schimp. – now in Myuriaceae
• Isopterygium Mitt. – now in Pylaisiadelphaceae
• Orthotheciadelphus Dixon – synonym of Orthothecium
• Orthothecium Schimp. – now in Plagiotheciaceae
• Phyllodon Bruch & Schimp. – now in Symphyodontaceae
• Platygyrium Schimp. – now in Pylaisiadelphaceae
• Ptilium De Not. – now in Pylaisiaceae
• Puiggariella Broth. – synonym of Puiggariopsis
• Puiggariopsis M. Menzel – now in Hylocomiaceae
• Pylaisia Schimp. – now in Pylaisiaceae
• Pylaisaea Müll. Hal. – synonym of Pylaisia
• Rhizohypnum Herzog – synonym of Mittenothamnium
• Taxiphyllum M. Fleisch. – now in Taxiphyllaceae
• Trachythecium M. Fleisch. – now in Symphyodontaceae
• Tutigaea Ando 1958 – synonym of Hondaella

See also

• Feathermoss

References

• C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Black Spruce: Picea mariana, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
• ITIS Report. 1999. Family: Hypnaceae