Hypnaceae

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

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

Familia: Hypnaceae
Genera: Acritodon – Andoa – Austrohondaella – Bardunovia - Breidleria - Bryocrumia – Buckiella – Callicladium – Calliergonella – Campylophyllopsis – Campylophyllum – Caribaeohypnum – Chryso-hypnum – Crepidophyllum – Ctenidiadelphus – Cyathothecium – Dacryophyllum – Ectropotheciella – Ectropotheciopsis – Ectropothecium – Elharveya – Elmeriobryum – Entodontella – Eurohypnum – Foreauella – Gammiella – Giraldiella – Gollania – Hageniella – Herzogiella – Homomallium – Hondaella – Horridohypnum – Hyocomium – Hypnum – Irelandia – Isopterygiopsis – Leiodontium – Leptoischyrodon – Macrothamniella – Mahua – Microctenidium – Mittenothamnium – Nanothecium – Orthothecium – Phyllodon – Plagiotheciopsis – Platydictya – Platygyriella – Podperaea – Pseudohypnella – Pseudotaxiphyllum – Ptilium – Pylaisia – Rhacopilopsis – Rhizohypnella – Sclerohypnum – Stenotheciopsis – Stereodon – Stereodontopsis – Syringothecium – Taxiphyllopsis – Taxiphyllum – Vesicularia – Wijkiella

Name

Hypnaceae Martinov, Techno-Bot. Slovar: 321. 1820 (“Hypnoides”)
References

Martinov, I.I. 1820. Техно-ботаническiй словарь, на латинскомъ и россiйскомъ языкахъ, составленный […]. [Techno-Botanical Dictionary, in Latin and Russian, compiled by [...]]. i-vi, 682 p. St.-Petersburg: v tipografii Imperatorskoj Rossijskoj Akademii [Nauk] (Russian) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.96260 Reference page.

Vernacular names
norsk: Flettemosefamilien
中文: 灰藓科

Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence[1] in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.

Ecology

Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; an example of this occurrence is within the Black Spruce/Feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.[2]
Classification

The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:

Acritodon H. Rob.
Andoa Ochyra
Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
Bardunovia Ignatov & Ochyra
Breidleria Loeske
Bryocrumia L. E. Anderson
Buckiella Ireland
Campylophyllopsis W. R. Buck
Campylophyllum (Schimp.) M. Fleisch.
Caribaeohypnum Ando & Higuchi
Chrysohypnum (Hampe) G. Roth
Crepidophyllum Herzog
Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
Cyathothecium Dixon
Dacryophyllum Ireland
Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
Ectropothecium Mitt.
Elharveya H. A. Crum
Elmeriobryum Broth.
Entodontella M. Fleisch.
Eurohypnum Ando
Filibryum W. Kim & T. Yamag.
Foreauella Dixon & P. de la Varde
Gammiella Broth.
Gollania Broth.
Hageniella Broth.
Hondaella Dixon & Sakurai
Horridohypnum W. R. Buck
Hyocomium Bruch & Schimp.
Hypnum Hedw.
Irelandia W. R. Buck
Karstia B.H. Allen
Leiodontium Broth.
Leptoischyrodon Dixon
Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
Mahua W. R. Buck
Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
Mittenothamnium Henn.
Nanothecium Dixon & P. de la Varde
Neoptychophyllum S.He
Phyllodon Bruch & Schimp.
Plagiotheciopsis Broth.
Platygyriella Cardot
Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
Pseudohypnella (M. Fleisch.) Broth.
Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
Sclerohypnum Dixon
Stenotheciopsis Broth.
Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
Syringothecium Mitt.
Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
Taxiphyllum M. Fleisch.
Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.
Wijkiella Bizot & Lewinsky