
Belongs within: Bryopsida.
The Hedwigiales are a group of acrocarpous mosses with procumbent stems that lack a peristome on the capsule.
HedwigialesSK02
|--Rhacocarpus Lindb. 1863 [Rhacocarpaceae]SK02
| |--R. purpurascens (Brid.) Paris 1900 (see below for synonymy)SK02
| `--R. rehmannianus (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad. 1960SK02
| |--R. r. var. rehmannianusSK02
| `--R. r. var. webbianus (Müll.Hal.) Frahm 1996 [=Harrisonia webbiana, R. webbianus (Müll.Hal.) Paris 1900]SK02
`--HedwigiaceaeSK02
|--Hedwigidium Bruch & Schimp. 1846SK02
`--Hedwigia Palisot de Beauvois 1804 (nom. cons.)SK02
|--H. ciliata (Hedw.) Palisot de Beauvois 1805SK02 (see below for synonymy)
| |--H. c. var. ciliataS04
| |--H. c. var. leucophaea Bruch & Schimp. in Bruch, Schimp. & Gümbel 1846S04 (see below for synonymy)
| `--H. c. var. striataD24
|--H. integrifolia Palisot de Beauvois 1805S04 (see below for synonymy)
`--H. stellata Hedenäs 1994S04
Nomina nuda: Hedwigidium campbellii Müll.Hal. ex Weymouth 1894 [=Braunia campbellii Müll.Hal. ex Fleischer 1920]SK02
Hedwigidium weymouthii Fleischer 1920 [=Braunia weymouthii Müll.Hal. ex Fleischer 1920]SK02
Rhacocarpus patagonicus Dusén 1903D03
Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) Palisot de Beauvois 1805SK02 [=Anictangium ciliatumSK02, Pilotrichum ciliatumOZB-O03, Schistidium ciliatumSK02; incl. Hedwigia albicans (nom. illeg.)SK02, H. juratzkaeSK02, Pilotrichum microcyatheumSK02, Cryphaea microcyatheaSK02, Hedwigia microcyatheaSK02, H. novae-valesiae (nom. inv.)SK02, H. occidentalis (nom. inv.)SK02, Anictangium planifoliumSK02, H. albicans f. secundaOZB-O03, H. albicans var. viridis (comb. inv.)SK02, H. ciliata var. viridisOZB-O03]
Hedwigia ciliata var. leucophaea Bruch & Schimp. in Bruch, Schimp. & Gümbel 1846S04 [=H. albicans f. leucophaeaOZB-O03]
Hedwigia integrifolia Palisot de Beauvois 1805S04 [=Hedwigidium integrifolium (Palisot de Beauvois) Dixon 1939SK02; incl. Schistidium drummondiiSK02, Hedwigia imberbis var. drummondiiSK02, Hedwigidium drummondiiSK02, Neckera drummondiiSK02, N. emersaSK02, Harrisonia emersa (n. n.)SK02, Hedwigia emersa (n. n.)SK02, Hedwigidium emersumSK02, Gymnostomum imberbeD24, Hedwigia imberbisSK02, Hedwigidium imberbeSK02, Schistidium australe (nom. inv.)SK02]
Rhacocarpus purpurascens (Brid.) Paris 1900 [incl. Braunia humboldtii, Harrisonia humboldtii, Hedwigia humboldtii, Rhacocarpus humboldtii; incl. Harrisonia australis, R. australis]SK02
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[D24] Dixon, H. N. 1924. The Student’s Handbook of British Mosses 3rd ed. V. V. Sumfield: Eastbourne.
[D03] Dusén, P. 1903. The vegetation of western Patagonia. In: Scott, W. B. (ed.) Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896–1899 vol. 8. Botany pp. 1–34. The University: Princeton (New Jersey).
[OZB-O03] Ochyra, R., J. Żarnowiec & H. Bednarek-Ochyra. 2003. Census Catalogue of Polish Mosses. Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences: Cracow.
[S04] Smith, A. J. E. 2004. The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.
[SK02] Streimann, H., & N. Klazenga. 2002. Catalogue of Australian Mosses. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 17. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra.