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Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Bryidae
Superordo: Bryanae
Ordo: Hedwigiales
Familiae: Hedwigiaceae - Helicophyllaceae - Rhacocarpaceae
Name

Hedwigiales Ochyra
References

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; & Shaw, J. 2008: Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta. pp. 55-138 in Goffinet, B. & J. Shaw (eds.) Bryophyte Biology, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.

Vernacular names
中文: 虎尾藓目

Hedwigiales is an order of mosses.[1] It is named after Johannes Hedwig (1730-1799), the founder of modern bryology.
Description

They are a medium to large size acrocarpous moss with irregular branching. A midrib is not normally present in the leaves.[2]
Classification

There are three families placed in the Hedwigiales.[2]

Hedwigiaceae
Helicophyllaceae
Rhacocarpaceae

References

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 9781107377288.
Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families, 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8

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