Brachytheciaceae

Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Bryidae
Superordo: Hypnanae
Ordo: Hypnales

Familia: Brachytheciaceae
Genera: Aerobryum – Aerolindigia – Brachytheciastrum – Brachythecium – Bryhnia – Bryoandersonia – Camptothecium – Chamberlainia – Cirriphyllum – Clasmatodon – Donrichardsia – Eriodon – Eurhynchiadelphus – Eurhynchiastrum – Eurhynchiella – Eurhynchium – Flabellidium – Hedenaesia – Hedenasiastrum – Helicodontium – Homalotheciella – Homalothecium – Juratzkaeella – Kindbergia – Lindigia – Mandoniella – Meteoridium – Microeurhynchium – Myuroclada – Nobregaea – Okamuraea – Oxyrrhynchium – Palamocladium – Plasteurhynchium – Platyhypnidium – Pseudopleuropus – Pseudorhynchostegiella – Pseudoscleropodium – Remyella – Rhynchostegiella – Rhynchostegium – Sainthelenia – Schimperella – Sciuro-hypnum – Scleropodium – Scorpiurium – Squamidium – Stenocarpidiopsis – Tomentypnum – Zelometeorium
Name

Brachytheciaceae G.Roth
References

Lehtonen, S., Myllys, L & Huttunen, S.M. 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of non-coding plastid DNA in the presence of short inversions. Phytotaxa 1: 3–20. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.1.1.2 Paywall Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 青藓科

Brachytheciaceae is a family of mosses from the order Hypnales. The family includes over 40 genera and 250 species.[1]

Description
Brachythecium velutinum forming a dense mat.
Brachythecium rivulare with prosenchymatous leaf cells.

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.

The sporophyte consists of a regularly formed spore capsule that stands straight on the setae. The spores are distributed through an annular peristome, which is closed off by a beak-shaped operculum in immature plants.[1]
Habitat

Species are terrestrial, epiphytic, or lithophytic plants that are distributed around the world. They grow on various substrates, including rock, bark, and soil.
Taxonomy

Brachytheciaceae is in the order Hypnales. They are a sister group of the Meteoriaceae. The family is divided into four subfamilies, which are distinguished on the basis of molecular research.[2]

Family: Brachytheciaceae
Subfamily Eurhychioideae
Genus: Aerobryum · Bryoandersonia · Eriodon · Eurhynchium · Palamocladium · Plasteurhynchium · Platyhypnidium · Pseudoscleropodium · Rhynchostegium · Scorpiurum
Subfamily Helicodontoideae
Genus: Aerolindigia · Cirriphyllum · Clasmatodon · Donrichardsia · Eurhynchiella · †Flabellidium · Helicodontium · Homalotheciella · Juratzkaeella · Mandoniella · Meteoridium · Nobregaea · Okamuraea · Oxyrrhynchium · Remyella · Rhynchostegiella · Schimperella · Squamidium · Zelometeorium
Subfamily Homalothecioideae
Genus: Brachytheciastrum · Homalothecium · Eurhynchiastrum
Subfamily Brachythedioideae
Genus: Brachytheciella · Brachythecium · Bryhnia · Eurhynchiadelphus · Kindbergia · Myuroclada · Sciurohypnum · Scleropodium · Unclejackia

Other genera are provisionally placed in the family, including:[3]

Lindigia
Frahmiella
Stenocarpidiopsis

References

"Brachytheciaceae in Flora of North America @ efloras.org".
Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin u. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8, S. 228 ff.
* Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey: Moosflora (= UTB. 1250). 4., neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5.