Aulacomniaceae

Aulacomniaceae
Aulacomnium palustre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Rhizogoniales
Family: Aulacomniaceae
Schimp.
Genera

See Classification

Aulacomniaceae is a family of mosses.[1]

Description

Bell et. al. (2007) describes members of the family:

  • "Morphological traits shared by these taxa include sulcate capsules, deciduous apical leaves, undulate, oblong-ovate and asymmetrical leaves with coarsely-toothed margins, and smooth leaf cells."[2]

Classification

The placement of the family has been subject to much revision. The family was first described by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper in his 1860 publication Synopsis Muscorum Europaeorum.[3] Bell et. al. (2007) elevated the family to the order Aulacomniales.[2] However, the Goffinet et al. (2009) classification places the family within the Rhizogoniales.[1]

The genera represented by the order are:

References
  1. Goffinet, Bernard; Shaw, A. Jonathon (2009). "Morphology and classification of the Bryophyta". Bryophyte Biology.
  2. Bell, N., Quandt, D., O'Brien, T., & Newton, A. (2007). Taxonomy and Phylogeny in the Earliest Diverging Pleurocarps: Square Holes and Bifurcating Pegs. The Bryologist, 110(3), 533-560. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20110887Copy
  3. "Aulacomniaceae". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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