Hypnodendrales

Hypnodendrales
Mniodendron comosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Superorder: Hypnanae
Order: Hypnodendrales
N.E.Bell, A.E.Newton & D.Quandt
Families

See Classification

Hypnodendrales is an order of mosses.[1]

Description

Species in the order are robust pleurocarpous mosses. They are generally characterized by basally reiterating stems or stipes with secondary branching towards the apex. The order is mostly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere.[2]

Classification

There are four families placed in the Hypnodendrales:

References

  1. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; & Shaw, J. 2008: Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta. pp. 55-138 in Goffinet, B. & J. Shaw (eds.) Bryophyte Biology, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ "Epiphytism and generic endemism in the Hypnodendrales: Cyrtopodendron, Franciella and macro-morphological plasticity" (PDF). Retrieved October 11, 2018.
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