Tetraphidaceae

Tetraphidaceae
Tetraphis pellucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Tetraphidopsida
Goffinet & Buck[1]
Order: Tetraphidales
M. Fleisch.
Family: Tetraphidaceae
Schimp.
Genera

Tetraphidaceae is a family of mosses. It includes only the two genera Tetraphis and Tetrodontium, each with two species.[2] The defining feature of the family is the 4-toothed peristome.

family Tetraphidaceae
Tetraphis
Tetraphis geniculata
Tetraphis pellucida
Tetrodontium
Tetrodontium brownianum
Tetrodontium repandum
The classification of Tetraphidaceae, and its phylogenetic position among the mosses.[1][3]
  1. ^ a b Goffinet, Bernard; William R. Buck (2004). "Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification". Monographs in Systematic Botany. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. 98. Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 205–239.
  2. ^ Harpel, Judith A. (2007). "Tetraphidaceae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America. Vol. 27. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 111–115. ISBN 978-0-19-531823-4.
  3. ^ Goffinet, B.; W. R. Buck; A. J. Shaw (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Bernard Goffinet; A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.

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