Sematophyllaceae Explained
Sematophyllaceae is a family of mosses,[1] [2] known commonly as signal mosses.[3] They grow on rocks in wet or humid places.[3] and are found nearly worldwide, especially in tropical and temperate regions.[4] There are about 150 species, which form yellow to yellow-green mats with reddish stems.[4]
Genera
The family Sematophyllaceae contains the following genera:[2]
- Acanthorrhynchium
- †Acroporiites
- Acroporium
- Allioniellopsis
- Aptychopsis
- Billbuckia
- Brittonodoxa
- Chionostomum
- Clastobryophilum
- Clastobryopsis
- Colobodontium
- Donnellia
- Hydropogon
- Hydropogonella
- Jirivanaea
- Kuerschneria
- Macrohymenium
- Meiotheciella
- Meiotheciopsis
- Meiothecium
- Microcalpe
- Papillidiopsis
- Piloecium
- Pilosimitra
- Pseudopiloecium
- Pterogoniopsis
- Radulina
- Rhaphidorrhynchium
- Rhaphidostegium
- Rhaphidostichum
- Schraderella
- Schroeterella
- †Sematophyllites
- Sematophyllum
- Timotimius
- Trichosteleum
- Warburgiella
Formerly included
- Clastobryella (synonym of Clastobryum)
- Paranapiacabaea (synonym of Pterogoniopsis)
- Potamium (synonym of Trichosteleum)
- Trolliella (synonym of Pylaisia)
- Vitalia (synonym of Jirivanaea)
Notes and References
- Book: Goffinet . B. . W. R. . Buck . A. J. . Shaw . 2008 . Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta . 55–138 . Goffinet . B. . J. . Shaw . Bryophyte Biology . 2nd . New York . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-87225-6 . https://books.google.com/books?id=te0fAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108.
- Web site: Goffinet . B. . W.R. . Buck . Classification of extant moss genera . Classification of the Bryophyta . 1 May 2020.
- Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2005 onwards. Sematophyllaceae. The Moss Families of the British Isles. Version: 21 June 2009.
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10820 Sematophyllaceae.
