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Bryales

Musci - Bryales

Taxonomy
Bryales is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Musci by Knowlton (1919).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Bryales Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
classMusci
RankNameAuthor
orderBryales
orderBryales

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Rhynchostegium Bruch and Schimper 1852
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Rhynchostegium knowltoni Britton 1899
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G. Bryum Hedwig 1801
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G. Distichium Bruch and Schimper 1846
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Distichium capillaceum Bruch and Schimper 1846
G. Leucobryum Hampe 1839
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G. Fontinalis Hedwig 1801
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G. †Plagiopodopsis Britton and Hollick 1915
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Plagiopodopsis scudderi Britton and Hollick 1915
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G. Hypnum Hedwig 1801
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Hypnum brownii Kirchner 1898
Hypnum coloradense Brown 1962
Hypnum columbianum Penhallow 1890
Hypnum commutatum Hedwig 1801
Hypnum fluitans Hedwig 1801
Hypnum recurvans Schwegler 1896
Hypnum revalvens Swartz 1878
Hypnum richardsoni Holzinger 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Blancan or 66.00000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Hypnum coloradense (52870)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Hypnum columbianum (121480)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Leucobryum sp. (220273)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Bryum sp. (18320)