Brachytheciaceae
Sign in to saveBrachytheciaceae is a family of mosses from the order Hypnales. The family includes over 40 genera and 250 species.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumBryophyta
- ClassBryopsida
- OrderHypnales
- FamilyBrachytheciaceae
Brachytheciaceae is de botanische naam van een familie van mossen uit de orde Hypnales De familie omvat meer dan 40 geslachten en 560 soorten, waaronder een groot aantal Europese. In België en Nederland wordt de familie vertegenwoordigd door onder andere de dikkopmossen (Brachythecium).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 293
- With media
- 114
- Family
- Brachytheciaceae
- Collections
- CAS, TENN, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, India, Japan, Indonesia, Romania, Brazil, Australia, Mozambique
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Habitat
- Taxonomy
- References
Brachytheciaceae is a family of mosses from the order Hypnales. The family includes over 40 genera and 250 species.
==Description== thumb|left|Brachythecium velutinum forming a dense mat. The family consists of pleurocarpous mosses with very diverse appearances. They are irregular or pinnately branched and form loose mats. The leaves are broad ovate or triangular and are sharply focused at the top. A midrib is always present and usually reaches more than half of the leaf. The leaf cells are prosenchymatous and are many times longer than wide and interlocking with pointed ends.
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