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Aulacomniaceae
Family of mosses From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aulacomniaceae is a family of mosses.[1]
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Description
Bell et al. (2007) describes members of the family:
- "Morphological traits shared by these taxa include sulcate capsules, deciduous apical leaves, undulate, oblong-ovate and asymmetrical leaves with coarsely-toothed margins, and smooth leaf cells."[2]
Classification
The placement of the family has been subject to much revision. The family was first described by Wilhelm Philippe Schimper in his 1860 publication Synopsis Muscorum Europaeorum.[3] Bell et al. (2007) elevated the family to the order Aulacomniales.[2] However, the Goffinet et al. (2009) classification places the family within the Rhizogoniales.[1]
The genera represented by the order are:
- Aulacomnium
- Mesochaete
- Hymenodontopsis
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