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by Robert Muma

 

Sporophyte Characteristics

 

With little or NO SETA and little or NO STEM  Acrocarpous

DIPHYSCIUM
EPHEMERUM
GRIMMIA
HEDWIGIA
ORTHOTRICHUM
PHASCUM
PHYSCOMITRIUM immersum
PLEURIDIUM

 

ERECT capsule, on seta at least 2X capsule  Acrocarpous

ATRICHUM
BARBULA
CERATODON*
CLIMACIUM
DESMATODON
DISTICHIUM
DITRICHUM
ENCALYPTA
GYMNOSTOMUM
ORTHOTRICHUM
PHYSCOMITRIUM pyriforme
PLATYGYRIUM

POGONATUM
POLYTRICHUM
POTTIA
PYLAISIELLA
RHACOMITRIUM
SELIGERIA

TETRAPHIS
TORTELLA
TORTULA
WEISSIA
ULOTA

  * inclined to horizontal capsules, but may also be erect
 

Suberect or HORIZONTAL capsule,
on seta at least 2X length of capsule 

Acrocarpous

BARTRAMIA
CERATODON*
DICRANELLA
DICRANUM
FISSIDENS
LEUCOBRYUM
ONCOPHORUS
PHILONOTIS
TIMMIA

  * inclined to horizontal capsules,
but may also be erect
 

With NODDING capsule  Acrocarpous

BRYUM
CATASCOPIUM
CINCLIDIUM
FUNARIA
LEPTOBRYUM
MNIUM
PLAGIOMNIUM
POHLIA
RHIZOMNIUM
RHODOBRYUM

 

With little or NO SETA  Pleurocarpous

GRIMMIA
HEDWIGIA
NECKERA 
 

ERECT capsule, on seta at least 2X capsule  Pleurocarpous

ANACAMPTODON
BRYHINA
CLIMACIUM
ENTODON
LESKEA
PLATYDICTYA
PTERYGNANDRUM
THELIA

 
Suberect or HORIZONTAL capsule on seta
 at least 2X capsule length 
Pleurocarpous

AMBLYSTEGIUM
BRACHYTHECIUM
BROTHERELLA
CALLICLADIUM
CALLIERGON
CALLIERGONELLA
CAMPYLIUM
CRATONEURON
DREPANOCLADUS
EURHYNCHIUM
FISSIDENS
HELODIUM
HERZOGIELLA
HOMALIA
HYGROAMBLYSTEGIUM

HYLOCOMIUM
HYPNUM
LEPTODICTYUM
PLAGIOTHECIUM
PLEUROZIUM
PTILIUM
RHYTIDIADELPHUS
SCORPIDIUM
TRUIDIUM
TOMENTHYPNUM

 

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