Mniaceae

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

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Bryidae
Superordo: Bryanae
Ordo: Bryales

Familia: Mniaceae
Genera: Cinclidium – Cyrtomnium – Epipterygium – Leucolepis – Mielichhoferia – Mniobryum – Mnium – Orthomnion – Plagiomnium – Pohlia – Pseudobryum – Pseudopohlia – Rhizomnium – Schizymenium – Synthetodontium – Trachycystis – †Uskatia – Webera
Name

Mniaceae Schwägr., 1830
Synonyms

Cinclidiaceae Kindb.
Mielichhoferiaceae Schimp.
Plagiomniaceae T.J. Kop.

References
Primary references

Schwägr., 1830. Species Muscorum Frondosorum 25.
Additional references

Delgadillo Moya, C. & Á. Cárdenas Soriano. 2011. Bryophyta (Musci). 137–148, color photos on pp. 65–66. In A. J. García-Mendoza & J. A. Meave del Castillo Divers. Floríst. Oaxaca. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Mniaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Mniaceae. Published online. Accessed: February 13 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Mniaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 13. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Mniaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 February 2024.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Sternmoose
suomi: Lehväsammalet
中文: 提灯藓科

Mniaceae is a moss family in the order Bryales.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy

The family Mniaceae includes the following genera:[4][3]

Cinclidium Sw.
Cyrtomnium Holmen
Epipterygium Lindb.
Leucolepis Lindb.
Mielichhoferia Nees & Hornsch.
Mnium Hedw.
Orthomnion Wilson
Plagiomnium T. J. Koponen
Pohlia Hedw.
Pseudobryum (Kindb.) T. J. Koponen
Pseudopohlia R. S. Williams
Rhizomnium (Broth.) T. J. Koponen
Schizymenium Harv.
Synthetodontium Cardot
Trachycystis Lindberg[clarification needed]

References

"ITIS Standard Report Page: Mniaceae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
McIntosh, Terry T. (2014). "Mniaceae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 28. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 December 2019 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.