Belongs within: Bryales.
Contains: Bartramia.
The Bartramiaceae are a family of mosses found worldwide, with the highest diversity in tropical montane regions. Members of the Bartramiaceae have globose capsules (giving the family the common name of ‘apple mosses’) and a dense, often reddish tomentum on the stems (Virtanen 2000). The capsules are bright green when young, becoming brown when ripe (Dixon 1924).
The subgenus Eu-Philonotis of the genus Philonotis mostly includes robust and erect mosses (Dixon 1924).
Characters (from Smith 2004): Dioicous, autoicous or synoicous. Usually tufted plants; tomentose, with central strand. Leaves erect to more or less spreading when moist, ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, often with expanded basal part, shortly to longly acuminate; margins plane or recurved, denticulate to serrate above; costa ending below apex to excurrent; cells more or less hexagonal to elongate, mamillose. Setae long, usually straight; capsules erect or inclined, globose; symmetrical or not with mouth often oblique, smooth when ripe, usually longitudinally furrowed when dry and empty; lid conical, sometimes shortly beaked; peristome double, rarely single, rudimentary or absent, exostome longer than endostome, processes bifid, cilia rudimentary or absent; calyptrae minute, cucullate.
Bartramiaceae [Bartramiae]
| i. s.: Fleischerobryum longicolleN02
| Leiomela bartramioidesJ87
| Bartramidula Bruch & Schimp. 1846SK02
| `--B. exiguaD03b
|--BartramioideaeS04
| |--BartramiaSK02
| `--Plagiopus Brid. 1826S04
| `--P. oederianus (Sw.) Crum & Anderson 1981S04 (see below for synonymy)
|--Conostomum Swartz in Weber & Mohr 1804 [Conostomoideae]S04
| |--C. curvirostre (Mitt.) Mitt. 1882 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| |--C. magellanicumD03b
| |--C. pentastichum (Brid.) Lindb. 1863 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| | |--C. p. var. pentastichumSK02
| | `--‘Philonotis australis’ var. surculigeraSK02
| |--C. pusillum Hooker & Wilson 1854 [=Philonotis pusilla; incl. C. parvulum]SK02
| `--C. tetragonum (Hedw.) Lindb. 1861 [incl. C. boreale]S04
`--BreutelioideaeS04
|--Breutelia (Bruch & Schimp.) Schimp. 1856SK02
| |--B. affinis (Hooker) Mitt. 1856 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| |--B. arundinifolia (Duby) Fleischer 1904 [incl. Bartramia gigantea (preoc.)]SK02
| |--B. aureolaD03b
| |--B. baeuerlenii (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia baeuerlenii]SK02
| |--B. brachycomaD03b
| |--B. brittoniaeJ87
| |--B. campbelliana (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia campbelliana]SK02
| |--B. chilensisD03a
| |--B. chrysocoma (Hedw.) Lindb. 1863S04 [incl. Br. arcuataS04, Mnium arcuatumD24, Bartramia subvirellaD24]
| |--B. dumosaD03b
| |--B. elongata (Hooker & Wilson) Mitt. 1881 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| |--B. hariotianaD03b
| |--B. leptodontoides (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia leptodontoides]SK02
| |--B. lonchopelma (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia lonchopelma]SK02
| |--B. luteola Müll.Hal. ex Broth. 1897 [=Bartramia luteola (n. n.); incl. Philonotis subluteola (n. n.)]SK02
| |--B. pendula (Smith) Mitt. 1860 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| |--B. pseudophilonotis (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| |--B. rupestrisD03b
| `--B. witherheadii (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia witherheadii]SK02
`--Philonotis Brid. 1827S04
| i. s.: P. australiensis Griffin & Buck 1989 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| P. austrofalcata Broth. & Watts 1912SK02
| P. dicranellacea (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia dicranellacea]SK02
| P. ‘fontanoides’ Broth. & Watts 1912 (preoc.)SK02
| P. glaucescens (Hornsch.) Broth. 1895 [=Bartramia glaucescens Müll.Hal. 1901 (n. n.)]SK02
| P. glomerata Mitt. 1859SG07
| P. hastata (Duby) Wijk & Margad. 1959 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| P. longisetaSK02
| P. nigroflavaD03b
| P. nitidaN02
| P. pallida (Hampe) Jaeger 1879 [=Bartramia pallida]SK02
| P. parallela Dusén 1903D03b
| P. piliferB57
| P. pseudomollis (Müll.Hal.) Jaeger 1879 [=Bartramia pseudomollis]SK02
| P. pyriformis (R.Br.bis) Wijk & Margad. 1962SK02
| P. scabrifolia (Hooker & Wilson) Braithw. 1893 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| P. slateri (Hampe) Jaeger 1879 [=Bartramia slateri]SK02
| P. tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt 1870 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| P. tortifolia (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia tortifolia]SK02
| P. uncinataJ87
| P. vagansD03b
|--P. sect. PhilonotisS04
| |--P. caespitosa Jur. 1862S04 [incl. P. caespitosa var. laxaOZB-O03]
| | |--P. c. var. caespitosaD24
| | `--P. c. var. adpressaD24
| |--P. calcarea (Bruch & Schimp.) Schimp. 1856S04
| |--P. capillaris [=P. fontana var. capillaris; incl. P. ryani Philibert 1894]D24
| |--P. fontana (Hedw.) Brid. 1827S04 (see below for synonymy)
| | |--P. f. var. fontanaD24
| | |--P. f. var. adpressa non P. caespitosa var. adpressa [incl. P. heterophylla]D24
| | |--P. f. var. ampliretis Dixon 1902D24
| | `--P. f. var. falcataD24
| |--P. mollis (Dozy & Molk.) Mitt. 1859SK02 [=P. calcarea var. mollisD24]
| |--P. seriata Mitt. 1869S04
| `--P. tomentella Molendo in Lorch 1864S04 (see below for synonymy)
|--P. sect. Heteromorphae Kindb. 1897S04 (see below for synonymy)
| |--P. arnellii Husn. 1890S04
| `--P. marchica Brid. 1827S04 (see below for synonymy)
|--P. sect. Leiocarpus Broth. 1904S04
| `--P. cernua (Mitt.) Griffin & Buck 1989 (see below for synonymy)S04
`--P. sect. Philonotula (Schimp.) Jaeger 1875S04
`--P. rigida Brid. 1827S04
Nomina nuda: Bartramidula pygmaea Müll.Hal. ex Kindb. 1888 [=Bartramia pygmaea Müll.Hal. 1901]SK02
Breutelia glabrifolia Dusén 1903D03b
Breutelia pseudophilonotis var. longiseta Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Breutelia commutata var. major Hampe ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Breutelia communata f. minor Hampe ex Bastow 1887SK02
Breutelia pendula f. minor Geh. 1897 non B. communata f. minor Hampe ex Bastow 1887 [=B. pendula var. minor Broth. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906]SK02
Breutelia nanoarcuata Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Breutelia pendula var. prostrata Hampe ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Breutelia sieberi f. robusta Broth. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Breutelia subelongata Broth. in Dusén 1903D03b
Breutelia affinis var. tomentosa Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=B. tomentosa Watts & Whitel. ex Wijk, Margad. & Florsch. 1959]SK02
Conostomum gracile Hampe 1880SK02
Philonotis arapilesii Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Philonotis atrolutea Müll.Hal. ex Jaeger 1879SK02
Philonotis austropyrenaica Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Philonotis harrisii Geh. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Philonotis micropteris Broth. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Philonotis percapillaris Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Philonotis dicranellacea f. robusta Broth. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906SK02
Philonotis tenuicula Geh. ex Watts & Whitel. 1906 [incl. P. whiteleggei Watts 1906]SK02
Philonotis uncinatula Müll.Hal. ex Geh. 1876 [=Bartramia uncinatula Müll.Hal. 1901]SK02
Breutelia affinis (Hooker) Mitt. 1856 [=Bartramia affinis, Glyphocarpus affinis, Philonotis affinis; incl. Bartramia brownei (nom. inv.), Breutelia commutata, Ba. commutata (preoc.)]SK02
Breutelia elongata (Hooker & Wilson) Mitt. 1881 [=Bartramia elongata non B. pomiformis var. elongata Turner 1805, Prionodon elongatus; incl. Ba. crassa, Breutelia crassa]SK02
Breutelia pendula (Smith) Mitt. 1860 [=Bartramia pendula; incl. Ba. comiramea, Breutelia comiramea (nom. inv.), Ba. comosa, Br. comosa, Ba. divaricata, Br. divaricata, Br. fuscoaurea, Bartramia reflexa (n. n.), Br. reflexa (n. n.), Ba. sieberi, Br. sieberi]SK02
Breutelia pseudophilonotis (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. 1906 [=Bartramia pseudophilonotis, Philonotis pseudophilonotis; incl. Ba. atrata (nom. inv.), Breutelia atrata (n. n.)]SK02
Conostomum curvirostre (Mitt.) Mitt. 1882 [=Bartramia curvirostris; incl. B. rostrata (n. n.), Glyphocarpa rostrata (n. n.), Glyphocarpus rostratus (n. n.)]SK02
Conostomum pentastichum (Brid.) Lindb. 1863 [incl. Bartramia australis Mitt. 1869 (preoc.), C. australe (nom. illeg.), Philonotis australis, C. giganteum Bartram & Dixon 1937]SK02
Philonotis sect. Heteromorphae Kindb. 1897S04 [incl. P. [unranked] Homomorphae Kindb. 1898OZB-O03, P. sect. Homomorphae (Kindb.) Ochyra in Ochyra, Żarnowiec & Bednarek-Ochyra 2003OZB-O03]
Philonotis australiensis Griffin & Buck 1989 [incl. Glyphocarpa pusilla, Bartramia pusilla, Bartramidula pusilla (Hooker & Wilson) Paris 1894, Glyphocarpus pusillus; incl. Bartramidula pusilla var. weymouthii]SK02
Philonotis cernua (Mitt.) Griffin & Buck 1989 [incl. Bartramidula cernua; incl. B. wilsonii, Philonotis wilsonii]S04
Philonotis fontana (Hedw.) Brid. 1827S04 [=Bartramia fontanaOZB-O03, Mnium fontanumD24; incl. P. fontana var. alpinaOZB-O03, P. fontana f. aristinervisOZB-O03, P. fontana var. compactaOZB-O03, P. fontana f. laxifoliaOZB-O03]
Philonotis hastata (Duby) Wijk & Margad. 1959 [incl. P. imbricatula, P. jardinii (Besch.) Paris 1897, P. laxissima (nom. illeg.)]SK02
Philonotis marchica Brid. 1827S04 [=Bartramia marchicaOZB-O03, Mnium marchicumOZB-O03, P. (sect. *Homomorphae) marchicaOZB-O03; incl. P. marchica f. rivularisOZB-O03]
Philonotis scabrifolia (Hooker & Wilson) Braithw. 1893 [incl. Bartramia appressa, P. appressa, B. catenulata, P. catenulata, B. remotifolia, P. remotifolia]SK02
Philonotis tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt 1870 [=Bartramia tenuis; incl. B. fertilis, Philonotis fertilis, P. rigens]SK02
Philonotis tomentella Molendo in Lorch 1864S04 [=P. fontana var. tomentellaS04; incl. P. alpicolaOZB-O03, P. fontana var. pumilaS04]
Plagiopus oederianus (Sw.) Crum & Anderson 1981S04 [=Bartramia oederiana Swartz 1802OZB-O03, Ba. oederi Bridel 1803OZB-O03, Bryum oederi Gunnerus 1772 (nom. inv.)OZB-O03, Plagiopus oederiS04; incl. Bartramia oederi var. condensataOZB-O03, Ba. gracilisOZB-O03]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[D24] Dixon, H. N. 1924. The Student’s Handbook of British Mosses 3rd ed. V. V. Sumfield: Eastbourne.
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[SK02] Streimann, H., & N. Klazenga. 2002. Catalogue of Australian Mosses. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 17. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra.