HYPNALES
(pleurocarpous mosses)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
AMBLYSTEGIACEAE
feather- and hook-mosses
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 		Family 5 subtaxa 42 images 1 ident. refs
ANOMODONTACEAE
tail-mosses
Family 1 subtaxa 30 images
Anomodon
tail-mosses
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 30 images
BRACHYTHECIACEAE
a family of feather-mosses
Plant (Click to open)
 		Family 10 subtaxa 72 images
CALLIERGONACEAE
a family of feather-, hook-, and spear-mosses
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 40 images 1 ident. refs
CLIMACIACEAE
tree-mosses
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 21 images
FONTINALACEAE
willow mosses
Family 1 subtaxa 17 images
Fontinalis
willow mosses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 17 images
HYLOCOMIACEAE
shaggy- and wood-mosses
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 		Family 6 subtaxa 80 images 1 ident. refs
HYPNACEAE
a family of feather-mosses and plait-mosses
Family 2 subtaxa 11 images
Hypnum
plait-mosses
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 11 images
LEMBOPHYLLACEAE
mouse-tail mosses
Family 3 subtaxa 36 images
Isothecium
mouse-tail mosses
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 36 images
MYURIACEAE
hair-tail mosses
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 5 images
NECKERACEAE
a family of feather-, and neckera mosses
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 75 images
PLAGIOTHECIACEAE
silk- and feather-mosses
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 		Family 5 subtaxa 15 images
PYLAISIACEAE
a family of mosses
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 33 images
PYLAISIADELPHACEAE
flat-brocade mosses
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 6 images
THUIDIACEAE
a family of tamarisk-mosses
Family 1 subtaxa 45 images
Thuidium
a genus of tamarisk-mosses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 45 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderHYPNALES (pleurocarpous mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HYPNALES (pleurocarpous mosses)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 34 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYPNALES (pleurocarpous mosses)
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