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Sematophyllaceae
Brotherella lorentziana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Hypnales
Family:	Sematophyllaceae Broth.
Genera
About 40, see text

Sematophyllaceae is a family of mosses, known commonly as signal mosses. They grow on rocks in wet or humid places. and are found nearly worldwide, especially in tropical and temperate regions. There are about 150 species, which form yellow to yellow-green mats with reddish stems.

Genera

The family Sematophyllaceae contains the following genera:

• Acanthorrhynchium M. Fleisch.
• †Acroporiites J.-P. Frahm
• Acroporium Mitt.
• Allioniellopsis Ochyra
• Aptychopsis (Broth.) M. Fleisch.
• Billbuckia Pócs
• Brittonodoxa W.R. Buck, P.E.A.S. Câmara & Carv.-Silva
• Chionostomum Müll. Hal.
• Clastobryophilum M. Fleisch.
• Clastobryopsis M. Fleisch.
• Colobodontium Herzog
• Donnellia Austin
• Hydropogon Brid.
• Hydropogonella Cardot
• Jirivanaea U.B. Deshmukh & Rathor
• Kuerschneria Ochyra & Bedn.-Ochyra
• Macrohymenium Müll. Hal.
• Meiotheciella B.C. Tan, W.B. Schofield & H.P. Ramsay
• Meiotheciopsis Broth.
• Meiothecium Mitt.
• Microcalpe (Mitt.) W.R. Buck
• Papillidiopsis (Broth.) W.R. Buck & B.C. Tan
• Piloecium (Müll. Hal.) Broth.
• Pilosimitra B.C. Tan & G. Dauphin
• Pseudopiloecium E.B. Bartram
• Pterogoniopsis Müll. Hal.
• Radulina W.R. Buck & B.C. Tan
• Rhaphidorrhynchium Besch. ex M. Fleisch.
• Rhaphidostegium (Schimp.) De Not.
• Rhaphidostichum M. Fleisch.
• Schraderella Müll. Hal.
• Schroeterella Herzog
• †Sematophyllites J.-P. Frahm
• Sematophyllum Mitt.
• Timotimius W.R. Buck
• Trichosteleum Mitt.
• Warburgiella Müll. Hal.

Formerly included

• Clastobryella M. Fleisch. (synonym of Clastobryum)
• Paranapiacabaea W.R. Buck & Vital (synonym of Pterogoniopsis)
• Potamium Mitt. (synonym of Trichosteleum)
• Trolliella (synonym of Pylaisia)
• Vitalia P.E.A.S.Câmara, Carv.-Silva & W.R. Buck (synonym of Jirivanaea)

References

1. Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
2. ^ Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
3. ^ Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2005 onwards. Sematophyllaceae. The Moss Families of the British Isles. Version: 21 June 2009.
4. ^ Sematophyllaceae. Flora of North America. Volume 28.
5. "Sematophyllaceae Broth". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

• Sematophyllaceae
• Moss families