Neckeraceae is a moss family in the order Hypnales. There are about 200 species native to temperate and tropical regions. Most grow on rocks, or other plants.
Description
Members of the family are usually large and glossy plants with creeping stolons that bear small leaves and tufts of rhizoids. Stems are generally frondose, but may rarely be dendroid. Leaf cell shape is almost always smooth, short, and firm-walled. Marginal cells are typically quadrate to short-rectangular in few to several rows. The sporophyte features are variable between genera.
Species are epiphytic, epilithic, or aquatic.
Classification
The Neckeraceae were originally placed within the Leucodontales. However, they are now included in the Hypnales. As of 2024, the following genera are recognised in the family Neckeraceae:
Alleniella S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Austrothamnium Enroth
Baldwiniella Broth. ex M. Fleisch.
Bryobuckia Enroth
Caduciella Enroth
Chileobryon Enroth
Circulifolium S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Cryptoleptodon Renauld & Cardot
Curvicladium Enroth
Dannorrisia Enroth
Echinodiopsis S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Enrothia Ignatov & Fedosov
Exsertotheca S. Olsson, Enroth & D. Quandt
Forsstroemia Lindb.
Handeliobryum Broth.
Himantocladium (Mitt.) M. Fleisch.
Homalia Brid.
Homaliodendron M. Fleisch.
Hydrocryphaea Dixon
Indoneckera Enroth
Isodrepanium (Mitt.) E. Britton
Kanagambigai D. Subram.
Leptodon D. Mohr
Longiella J.T. Wynns
Metaneckera Steere
Neckera Hedw.
†Neckerites Ignatov & Perkovsky
Neckeromnion S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Neckeropsis Reichardt
Neomacounia Ireland
Noguchiodendron Ninh & Pócs
Pendulothecium Enroth & S. He
Pengchengwua S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Pinnatella M. Fleisch.
Planicladium S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Porotrichum (Brid.) Hampe
Pseudanomodon (Limpr.) Ignatov & Fedosov
Pseudoparaphysanthus (Broth.) S. Olsson, Enroth, Huttunen & D. Quandt
Pseudopterobryum Broth....
