Pottiales

Pottiales
Tortula muralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Pottiales
Families[1][2]
Pottiaceae Pleurophascaceae Serpotortellaceae Mitteniaceae

Pottiales is an order of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae.[1][2]

Classification

The following families are recognised in Bryophyte Biology:[1][2]

• Pottiaceae Schimp.
• Pleurophascaceae Broth.
• Serpotortellaceae W. D. Reese & R. H. Zander
• Mitteniaceae Broth.

Some other families are recognised by other sources:

• Ephemeraceae Schimp.[3] – this putative family is characterized by highly simplified vegetative and sporogenous bodies and contains two genera, Ephemerum and Micromitrium. However, phylogenetic analysis finds it polyphyletic, with Ephemerum nested in Pottiaceae and Micromitrium recovered among the Dicranales, closely related to the Leucobryaceae, and assigned a new family, Micromitriaceae.[4][2]
• Hypodontiaceae Stech[3] – family containing the genus Hypodontium. Alternatively placed in Dicranales[1][2]
• Splachnobryaceae – containing the genera Splachnobryum and Koponobryum[5][6]
• Bryobartramiaceae – family containing a single genus with one species, Bryobartramia novae-valesiae[7]
• Cinclidotaceae (lattice mosses) – family containing the genus Cinclidotus.[8][9] Alternately place in Pottiaceae.[1][2]

References

1. 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.
2. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. (4 March 2014). "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
3. Stech, Michael; Frey, Wolfgang (2008). "A morpho-molecular classification of the mosses (Bryophyta)". Nova Hedwigia. 86 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0086-0001. ISSN 0029-5035.
4. Goffinet, Bernard; Budke, Jessica M.; Newman, Leah C. (2011). "Micromitriaceae: A new family of highly reduced mosses". Taxon. 60 (5): 1245–1254. doi:10.1002/tax.605002. ISSN 0040-0262.
5. Arts, Theo (2001). "A Revision of the Splachnobryaceae (Musci)". Lindbergia. 26 (2): 77–96. JSTOR 20150068.
6. "Splachnobryaceae". The Plant List. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
7. "Bryobartramia". The Plant List. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
8. "Bryobartramia". The Plant List. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
9. Watson, L.; Dallwitz, M.J. (2019). "Cinclidotaceae". The moss families (Bryophyta, Musci) of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 25 April 2020.