Orthotrichaceae

Orthotrichaceae
Orthotrichum striatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Orthotrichales Dixon
Family:	Orthotrichaceae Arn.
Genera
See text

Orthotrichaceae is the only family of mosses in the order Orthotrichales.[1][2] Many species in the family are epiphytic.

Classification

• Atlantichella
• Aureomacromitrium
• Australoria
• Cardotiella
• Ceuthotheca
• Codonoblepharon
• Desmotheca
• Florschuetziella
• Groutiella
• Leiomitrium
• Leratia
• Lewinskya
• Macrocoma
• Macromitrium
• Matteria
• Nyholmiella
• Orthotrichum
• Pentastichella
• Plenogemma
• Pseudomacromitrium
• Pulvigera
• Rehubryum
• Schlotheimia
• Sehnemobryum
• Stoneobryum
• Ulota
• Zygodon

Formerly included

• Leptodontiopsis – synonym of Zygodon
• Pleurorthotrichum – synonym of Pentastichella

References

1. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Bernard Goffinet; A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
2. Goffinet, Bernard; Buck, William R. (2004). "Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification". Monographs in Systematic Botany. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. 98. Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 205–239. ISBN 1-930723-38-5.