BRYOPSIDA
(mosses)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
AULACOMNIALES
an order of mosses
Order 2 subtaxa 34 images
AULACOMNIACEAE
groove-mosses
Family 2 subtaxa 34 images
Aulacomnium
groove-mosses
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 34 images
BARTRAMIALES
an order of mosses
Order 3 subtaxa 81 images
BARTRAMIACEAE
apple-mosses
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 81 images
BUXBAUMIIDEAE
shield-mosses
Subclass 1 ident. refs
EUBRYIDEAE
acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses
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 		Subclass 113 subtaxa 1,238 images 23 ident. refs
RHIZOGONIALES
an order of mosses
Order 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
RHIZOGONIACEAE
a family of mosses
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
SPLACHNALES
an order of cruet-, collar-, gland-, carrion-, hump-, thread-, and fen-mosses
Order 1 subtaxa 21 images
SPLACHNACEAE
cruet-, collar-, gland-, and carrion-mosses
Family 1 subtaxa 21 images
Splachnum
collar-mosses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 21 images
Bryopsida (unidentified)
Unidentified Mosses
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 		Unidentified 32 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brightman, F.H. & Nicholson, B.E. 1966 The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants The Oxford Books, 208pp, Oxford University Press
() Smith, A.J.E. 1978 The Moss Flora of Britain & Ireland 706pp, Cambridge University Press

Urban Mosses

Pilkington, S. 2011 Confusing urban mosses part 1: ground-dwellers Beginners Corner FB No 104: 38-43.
Pilkington, S. 2011 Confusing urban mosses part 2: mortar-dwellers Beginners Corner FB No 105: 50-55.

BRYOPSIDA (mosses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRYOPSIDA (mosses)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 269 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BRYOPSIDA (mosses)
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