POTTIACEAE Schimp.
(beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Barbula
a genus of beard-mosses
Gametophyte (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
Bryoerythrophyllum
a genus of beard-mosses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Gymnostomum
a genus of tufa-mosses
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 42 images
Leptodontium
beard and thatch mosses
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Micromitrium tenerum
Millimetre Moss
Species 1 ident. refs
Streblotrichum
a genus of mosses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images
Syntrichia
a genus of screw-mosses
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 10 images
Tortella
a genus of crisp-mosses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 33 images
Tortula
a genus of pottia and screw-mosses
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 16 images 1 ident. refs
Trichostomum
a genus of crisp-mosses
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images
Weissia
beardless-mosses
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPOTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

POTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for POTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for POTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
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