Bruchiaceae

Bruchiaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the order Dicranales. They have the greatest occurrence in temperate regions.[1] They are mosses with long-necked, cleistocarpous (having the capsule opening irregularly without an operculum) capsules and mitrate calyptras.[2]

Bruchiaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Bruchiaceae
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Genera
  • Bruchia
  • Cladophascum
  • Eobruchia
  • Pringleella
  • Trematodon

History

Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (in 1909) included Bruchia and Trematodon in the family Dicranaceae (part of subfamily Trematodontoideae). Nathaniel Lord Britton (in 1913) placed these two genera together with Pringleella in the family Bruchiaceae. Dale Hadley Vitt (in 1984) included Bruchia, Eobruchia and Trematodon in the family Dicranaceae, but Pringleella and Wilsoniella were in the Ditrichacea family. Spore studies have been carried in order to establish phylogenetic relationships (Blackmore & Barnes 1987).[2]

In 1979, it had 4 genera; Bruchia, Pringleella, Eobruchia, and Trematodon.[3]

Genera within the family include:

2 genera; (Bruchia Schwägrichen and Trematodon Michaux ) with 16 species in the flora are found in North America.[1] 9 species of the family Bruchiaceae exist in Brazil.[2]

References
  1. "Bruchiaceae in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. Luizi‐Ponzo, Andréa Pereira; Barth, Ortrud Monika (1998). "Spore morphology of some Bruchiaceae species (Bryophyta) from Brazil". Grana. 37 (4): 222–227. doi:10.1080/00173139809362670.
  3. Buck, William R. (1979). "A re-evaluation of the Bruchiaceae with the description of a new genus". Brittonia. 31: 469–473.


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