3-332.13.00: Polytrichaceae
Clades: Polytrichales; Bryopsida; Algae; Cryptogamae; Viridiplantae; Plants.
Genera (20): Alophosia, Atrichopsis, Atrichum, Bartramiopsis, Dawsonia, Dendroligotrichum, Hebantia, Itatiella, Lyellia, Meiotrichum, Notoligotrichum, Oligotrichum, Plagioracelopus, Pogonatum, Polytrichadelphus, Polytrichastrum, Polytrichum, Pseudatrichum, Psilopilum.
English: Aloe moss.
Botany: large mosses; thickened central stem and a rhizome; leaves have a midrib that bears lamellae on the upper surface; dioicous; 32 to 64 peristome teeth in their sporangium.