Class
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Climaciaceae Kindb., Eur. N. Amer. Bryin. 7 (1897)
Type Taxon:
Taxonomy
A family of two genera, with Climacium the more widespread and better known. Crum & Anderson (1981, p. 1227) defined the family by having dendroid branching of secondary stems arising from a subterranean "rhizome", an abundance of filiform paraphyllia, ± ovate leaves with a single strong costa ending below the leaf apex, dioicous sexuality, and erect capsules with essentially hypnoid peristomes. Goffinet et al. (2009) place the Climaciaceae in the Hypnales.
Pleuroziopsis, a monotypic genus confined to the northern Pacific Rim, was segregated from the Climaciaceae by Ireland (1968); Goffinet et al. (2009) did not accept the segregate Pleuroziopsidaceae, and circumscribed the Climaciaceae in the same manner as did Brotherus (1925). No separate family description is provided here. Pleuroziopsis differs from Climacium mainly by having curved, more or less horizontal capsules and by peristome differences.
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Brotherus, V.F. 1925: Musci (Laubmoose). In: Engler, A. (ed.) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Edition 2. Bd 11. Engelmann, Leipzig. 1–542.
Crum, H.A.; Anderson, L.E. 1981: Mosses of Eastern North America. Columbia University Press, New York.
Fife, A.J. 2014: Climaciaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 13. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. 2009: Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta. In: Goffinet, B.; Shaw, A.J. (ed.) Bryophyte Biology. Edition 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 55–138.
Ireland, R.R. 1968: Pleuroziopsidaceae, a new family of mosses. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 31: 59–64.
Kindberg, N.C. 1897: European and N. American Bryineae (Mosses). Part 1. Sahlstroems, Linköping.
