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Leptodontaceae

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Leptodontaceae

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Leptodontaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales. There are 3 genera with a worldwide distribution.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumBryophyta
  3. ClassBryopsida
  4. OrderHypnales
  5. FamilyNeckeraceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
With media
1
Family
Neckeraceae
Collections
MEL, IPA/SP, AADC, UFPE, JBRJ, BPBM
Recorded in
United States, Brasil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Japan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hypnales
Image
Leptodon smithii.jpg
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taxon name
Leptodontaceae
taxon rank
family
taxon author citation
Schimp.
Sources (1)

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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Genera
  • References

Leptodontaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnales. There are 3 genera with a worldwide distribution.

Most of the genera of family Leptodontaceae, originally came from family Neckeraceae, Such as Caduciella came into Leptodontaceae in 1991.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leptodontaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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