Pterobryellaceae

Pterobryellaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnodendrales
Family: Pterobryellaceae
W.R.Buck & Vitt

Pterobryellaceae is a family of mosses belonging to the order Hypnodendrales.[1]

Description

Plants in this family are usually very large, with conspicuously pinnate branching and often frondose form.[1]

Genera

There are two genera assigned to this family:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Buck, William R.; Vitt, Dale H. (1986). "Suggestions for a New Familial Classification of Pleurocarpous Mosses". Taxon. 35 (1): 21–60. Bibcode:1986Taxon..35...21B. doi:10.2307/1221034. JSTOR 1221034.
  2. ↑ "A synopsis of the Pterobryellaceae". Bryophyte Nomenclator. Retrieved 17 May 2026.