Andreaeaceae

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Andreaeidae
Andreaea rupestris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Andreaeopsida (Limpr.) Rothm. Subclass: Andreaeidae Order: Andreaeales Limpr. Family: Andreaeaceae Dumort.
Genera
Acroschisma Andreaea

Andreaeaceae is a family of mosses which includes two genera^[1], 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• Zander, Richard H. 2007. Bryophyte Flora of North America: Andreaeaceae