| Orthotrichaceae | |
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| Orthotrichum striatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Orthotrichales Dixon |
| Family: | Orthotrichaceae Arn. |
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Orthotrichaceae is the only family of mosses in the order Orthotrichales. Many species in the family are epiphytic.
Classification
- Atlantichella
- Aureomacromitrium
- Australoria
- Cardotiella
- Ceuthotheca
- Codonoblepharon
- Desmotheca
- Florschuetziella
- Groutiella
- Leiomitrium
- Leratia
- Lewinskya
- Macrocoma
- Macromitrium
- Matteria
- Nyholmiella
- Orthotrichum
- Pentastichella
- Plenogemma
- Pseudomacromitrium
- Pulvigera
- Rehubryum
- Schlotheimia
- Sehnemobryum
- Stoneobryum
- Ulota
- Zygodon
Formerly included
- Leptodontiopsis – synonym of Zygodon
- Pleurorthotrichum – synonym of Pentastichella
References
- Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (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.
- Goffinet, Bernard; Buck, William R. (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. ISBN 1-930723-38-5.
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