Funariaceae

Funariaceae
Funaria hygrometrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Funariidae
Order: Funariales
Family: Funariaceae
Schwägr.
Genera

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The Funariaceae are a family of mosses in the order Funariales.[1][2] As of January 2025, 233 species are included in the family.

The genus Goniomitrium has been recently moved from the Pottiaceae to the Funariaceae.[3]

Genera

World Flora Online accepts the following genera:[4]

  • Afoninia Ignatova, Goffinet & Fedosov (1 species)
  • Bryobeckettia Fife (1 species)
  • Cygnicollum Fife & Magill (1 species)
  • Entosthodon Schwägr. (96 species)
  • Funaria Hedw. (53 species)
  • Funariella Sérgio (1 species)
  • Funariophyscomitrella F.Wettst. (5 species)
  • Goniomitrium Hook. & Wilson (3 species)
  • Loiseaubryum Bizot (1 species)
  • Nanomitriella E.B.Bartram (1 species)
  • Physcomitrellopsis Broth. & Wager ex Dixon (1 species)
  • Physcomitriopsis D.Subram. (1 species)
  • Physcomitrium (Brid.) Brid. (66 species)
  • Pyramidula Brid. (1 species)
  • Steppomitra Vondr. & Hadač (1 species)

References

  1. ^ Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1.
  2. ^ McIntosh, Terry T. (2002). "Funariaceae". Flora of North America. Vol. 27. New York: Oxford Univ Pr. pp. 180–199. ISBN 978-0-19-531823-4.
  3. ^ Goffinet, Bernard; Norman J. Wickett; Olaf Werner; Rosa Maria Ros; A. Jonathan Shaw; Cymon J. Cox (2007). "Distribution and Phylogenetic Significance of the 71-kb Inversion in the Plastid Genome in Funariidae (Bryophyta)". Annals of Botany. 99 (4): 747–753. doi:10.1093/aob/mcm010. PMC 2802940. PMID 17337480.
  4. ^ "Funariaceae Schwägr". World Flora Online. December 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.