Andreaeaceae (Redirected from Andreaeopsida)

Andreaeaceae
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Andreaea rupestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Andreaeopsida
J.H. Schaffn.
Order: Andreaeales
Limpr.
Family: Andreaeaceae
Dumort.
Genera

Andreaeaceae is a family of mosses which includes two genera, Andreaea, containing about 100 species, and the genus Acroschisma. The Andreaeaceae prefer rocky habitats ranging from tropical to arctic climates, on which they form tufted colonies, typically with reddish to blackish shoots. The capsules lack the peristome mechanism and dehisce longitudinally to release the spores, resulting in a paper-lantern appearance.

It was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of his friend J.G.R. Andreae.

The phylogenetic position of the Andreaeaceae among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.

Takakiopsida

Sphagnopsida

Andreaeaceae

Andreaeobryopsida

Oedipodiopsida

Tetraphidopsida

Polytrichopsida

Bryopsida



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