Andreaeaceae

Taxobox
name = Andreaeidae


image_caption="Andreaea rupestris"
domain= Eukaryota
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Bryophyta
classis = Andreaeopsida
classis_authority = (Limpr.) Rothm.
subclassis = Andreaeidae
ordo = Andreaeales
ordo_authority = Limpr.
familia = Andreaeaceae
familia_authority = Dumort.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Acroschisma" "Andreaea"

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

References

External links

* Zander, Richard H. 2007. "Bryophyte Flora of North America": [http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/BFNA/V1/AndrAndreaeaceae.htm Andreaeaceae]