Hypnaceae is a large family of moss with broad worldwide occurrence in the class Bryopsida, subclass Bryidae and order Hypnales. Genera include Hypnum, Phyllodon, and Taxiphyllum.
Ecology
Some of the family species occur on the floor of Canadian boreal forests; an example of this occurrence is within the black spruce/feathermoss climax forest, often having moderately dense canopy and featuring a forest floor of feathermosses including, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Ptilium crista-castrensis.
Classification
The family Hypanaceae includes the following genera:
Acritodon H. Rob.
Austrohondaella Z.Iwats., H.P.Ramsay & Fife
Bryosedgwickia Tosco & Piovano
Chryso-hypnum Hampe
Crepidophyllum Herzog
Ctenidiadelphus M. Fleisch.
Cyathothecium Dixon
Dacryophyllum Ireland
Ectropotheciella M. Fleisch.
Ectropotheciopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
Ectropothecium Mitt.
Elharveya H.A. Crum
Elmeriobryum Broth.
Entodontella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
Eurohypnum Ando
Foreauella Dixon & P. de la Varde
Glossadelphus M. Fleisch.
Gollania Broth.
Hypnum Hedw.
Irelandia W. R. Buck
Karstia B.H. Allen
Leiodontium Broth.
Leptoischyrodon Dixon
Macrothamniella M. Fleisch.
Mahua W.R. Buck
Microctenidium M. Fleisch.
Microthamnium A. Jaeger
Mittenothamnium Henn.
Nanothecium Dixon & P. de la Varde
Neoptychophyllum S. He
Plagiotheciopsis Broth.
Platygyriella Cardot
Podperaea Z. Iwats. & Glime
Pseudohypnella (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
Rhacopilopsis Renauld & Cardot
Rhizohypnella M. Fleisch.
Sclerohypnum Dixon
Stenotheciopsis Broth.
Stereodontopsis R. S. Williams
Syringothecium Mitt.
Taxiphyllopsis Higuchi & Deguchi
Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal.
Wijkiella Bizot & Lewinsky
Acosta (Schwägr.) Müll. Hal. – synonym of Sematophyllum
Allorgea (Mont.) Ando – synonym of Andoa
Andoa Ochyra – now in Myuriaceae
Breidleria Loeske – synonym of Stereodon
Bryocrumia L. E. Anderson – now in Symphyodontaceae
Buckiella Ireland – synonym of Plagiothecium
Callicladium H. Crum...
