Fissidens

Fissidens
Fissidens dubius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Fissidentaceae
Genus: Fissidens
Hedw.
Species

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Synonyms
  • Conomitrium sect. Polypodiopsis Müll.Hal.
  • Heterodon Raf.
  • Fissidens sect. Pachyfissidens Müll.Hal.
  • Fissidentella Cardot
  • Moenkemeyera Müll.Hal.
  • Nanobryum Dixon
  • Octodiceras Brid.
  • Osmundula Rabenh.
  • Pachyfissidens (Müll.Hal.) Limpr.
  • Polypodiopsis (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger, nom. illeg.
  • Sainsburia Dixon
  • Schistophyllum Lindb., nom. illeg.
  • Skitophyllum Bach.Pyl., nom. illeg.
  • Simplicidens Herzog

Fissidens is the only genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) in the family Fissidentaceae. It contains over 480 species.