
Plagiotheciaceae
Plagiotheciaceae is a family of mosses from the order Hypnales. It is found almost nearly worldwide, including Antarctica. Located primarily in temperate latitudes and at higher elevations in the tropics.
Named after Plagiothecium, which has over 150 species.
9 branches of this family, most-observed first

Plagiothecium
genusPlagiothecium

Pseudotaxiphyllum
genusPseudotaxiphyllum

Herzogiella
genusHerzogiella

Orthothecium
genusOrthothecium

Platydictya
genusPlatydictya

Isopterygiopsis
genusIsopterygiopsis

Isopterygiella
genusIsopterygiella
Isocladiella
genusIsocladiella
Ortholimnobium
genusOrtholimnobium
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 67918.