Pottiaceae
The Pottiaceae are a family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Syntrichia
genusSyntrichia
Tortula
genusTortula
Tortella
genusTortella
Barbula
genusBarbula
Hyophila
genusHyophila
Weissia
genusWeissia
Streblotrichum
genusStreblotrichum
Didymodon
genusDidymodon
Pseudocrossidium
genusPseudocrossidium
Vinealobryum
genusVinealobryum
Triquetrella
genusTriquetrella
Eucladium
genusEucladium
Trichostomum
genusTrichostomum
Timmiella
genusTimmiella
Geheebia
genusGeheebia
Gymnostomum
genusGymnostomum
Bryoerythrophyllum
genusBryoerythrophyllum
Aloina
genusAloina
Hypodontium
genusHypodontium
Leptodontium
genusLeptodontium
Cinclidotus
genusCinclidotus
Pterygoneurum
genusPterygoneurum
Ephemerum
genusEphemerum
Microbryum
genusMicrobryum
Acaulon
genusAcaulon
Hymenostylium
genusHymenostylium
Hydrogonium
genusHydrogonium
Crossidium
genusCrossidium
Chionoloma
genusChionoloma
Anoectangium
genusAnoectangium
Hennediella
genusHennediella
Crumia
genusCrumia
Trichostomopsis
genusTrichostomopsis
Pleurochaete
genusPleurochaete
Calyptopogon
genusCalyptopogon
Tridontium
genusTridontium
Dialytrichia
genusDialytrichia
Husnotiella
genusHusnotiella
Calymperastrum
genusCalymperastrum
Chenia
genusChenia
Pseudosymblepharis
genusPseudosymblepharis
Hyophiladelphus
genusHyophiladelphus
Gyroweisia
genusGyroweisia
Tetrapterum
genusTetrapterum
stegonia moss
genusStegonia
Scopelophila
genusScopelophila
Leptobarbula
genusLeptobarbula
Zanderella
genusZanderella
Molendoa
genusMolendoa
Streptopogon
genusStreptopogon
Aschisma
genusAschisma
Gymnostomiella
genusGymnostomiella
Syntrichiadelphus
genusSyntrichiadelphus
Hilpertia
genusHilpertia
Pottiopsis
genusPottiopsis
Pottia
genusPottia
Rhexophyllum
genusRhexophyllum
Plaubelia
genusPlaubelia
Splachnobryum
genusSplachnobryum
Gymnobarbula
genusGymnobarbula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pottiaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67833.