Neckeraceae

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

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

Familia: Neckeraceae
Genera: Alleniella – Baldwiniella – Bryolawtonia – Caduciella – Circulifolium – Crassiphyllum – Cryptoleptodon – Curvicladium – Dixonia – Dolichomitra – Echinodiopsis – Exsertotheca – Handeliobryum – Himantocladium – Homalia – Homaliodendron – Hydrocryphaea – Isodrepanium – Metaneckera – Neckera – Neckeropsis – Neomacounia – Noguchiodendron – Orthostichella – Pendulothecium – Pinnatella – Porotrichodendron – Porotrichopsis – Porotrichum – Shevockia – Thamnobryum – Thamnomalia – Touwia
Name

Neckeraceae Hampe, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 11: 324. 1853
Synonyms

Homaliaceae Schimp., Syn. Musc. Eur.: cxliv. 1860 (“Homalieae”).
References

Goffinet B. & W.R. Buck. Classification of the Bryophyta. On-line version available at http://bryology.uconn.edu/classification/. Checked on DATE.

Vernacular names
中文: 平藓科

Neckeraceae is a moss family in the order Hypnales. There are about 200 species native to temperate and tropical regions. Most grow on rocks, or other plants.[1]
Description

Members of the family are usually large and glossy plants with creeping stolons that bear small leaves and tufts of rhizoids. Stems are generally frondose, but may rarely be dendroid. Leaf cell shape is almost always smooth, short, and firm-walled. Marginal cells are typically quadrate to short-rectangular in few to several rows. The sporophyte features are variable between genera.

Species are epiphytic, epilithic, or aquatic.[2]
Classification

The Neckeraceae were originally placed within the Leucodontales. However, they are now included in the Hypnales.[2] As of 2024, the following genera are recognised in the family Neckeraceae:[3][4]

Alleniella S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Austrothamnium Enroth
Baldwiniella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
Bryobuckia Enroth
Caduciella Enroth
Chileobryon Enroth
Circulifolium S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Cryptoleptodon Renauld & Cardot
Curvicladium Enroth
Dannorrisia Enroth
Echinodiopsis S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Enrothia Ignatov & Fedosov
Exsertotheca S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Forsstroemia Lindb.
Handeliobryum Broth.
Himantocladium (Mitt.) M. Fleisch.
Homalia Brid.
Homaliodendron M. Fleisch.
Hydrocryphaea Dixon
Indoneckera Enroth
Isodrepanium (Mitt.) E. Britton
Kanagambigai D. Subram.
Leptodon D. Mohr
Longiella J.T. Wynns
Metaneckera Steere
Neckera Hedw.
†Neckerites Ignatov & Perkovsky
Neckeromnion S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Neckeropsis Reichardt
Neomacounia Ireland
Noguchiodendron Ninh & Pócs
Pendulothecium Enroth & S. He
Pengchengwua S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Pinnatella M. Fleisch.
Planicladium S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Porotrichum (Brid.) Hampe
Pseudanomodon (Limpr.) Ignatov & Fedosov
Pseudoparaphysanthus (Broth.) S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Pseudopterobryum Broth.
Shevockia Enroth & M.C. Ji
Taiwanobryopsis Enroth
Taiwanobryum Nog.
Thamnium Schimp.
Thamnobryum Nieuwl.
Thamnomalia S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Touwia Ochyra

Formerly included

Bissetia Broth. ex M. Fleisch. (now in Miyabeaceae)
Bryolawtonia D.H. Norris & Enroth (now in Lembophyllaceae)
Crassiphyllum Ochyra (synonym of Thamnobryum)
Cryptopodia Röhl. (synonym of Neckera)
Distichia (Brid.) Brid. (synonym of Neckera)
Homaliadelphus Dixon & P. de la Varde (now in Miyabeaceae)
Limbella (Müll. Hal.) Renauld & Cardot (now in Amblystegiaceae)
Lomoporotrichum Müll. Hal. (synonym of Pseudoparaphysanthus)
Neckeradelphus Laz. (synonym of Forsstroemia)
Orthostichella Müll. Hal. (now in Orthostichellaceae)
Parathamnium (M. Fleisch.) Ochyra (synonym of Touwia)
Porothamnium M. Fleisch. (synonym of Porotrichum)

Unplaced

Dendro-leskea Hampe

References

Olsson, S., et al. (2011). Neckera and Thamnobryum (Neckeraceae, Bryopsida): Paraphyletic assemblages. Taxon 60(1) 36-50.
Olsson, S, Buchbender, V, Enroth, J, Huttunen, S, Hedenäs, L & Quandt, D 2009, 'Evolution of the Neckeraceae (Bryophyta): resolving the backbone phylogeny', Systematics and Biodiversity, vol 7, no. 4, pp. 419-432.
"Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
"Neckeraceae Schimp". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 June 2024.