Encalyptaceae

Encalyptaceae
Encalypta vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Funariidae
Order: Encalyptales
Family: Encalyptaceae
Schimp.
Genera

Bryobrittonia
Encalypta

Encalyptaceae is a family of mosses in order Encalyptales.[1] It includes two genera; the genus Bryobartramia, formerly included in the family, is now placed in its own family.[2]

References

  1. Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1.
  2. Goffinet, Bernard; Norman J. Wickett; Olaf Werner; Rosa Maria Ros; A. Jonathan Shaw; Cymon J. Cox (2007). "Distribution and Phylogenetic Significance of the 71-kb Inversion in the Plastid Genome in Funariidae (Bryophyta)". Annals of Botany 99 (4): 747–753. doi:10.1093/aob/mcm010. PMC 2802940. PMID 17337480.
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