moss family

/mɔs ˌfæm(ə)li/

Other forms: moss families

Definitions of moss family

1. noun

   a family of mosses
   types:

   Anthocerotaceae, family Anthocerotaceae

   hornworts

   Dicranaceae, family Dicranaceae

   mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome

   Bryaceae, family Bryaceae

   a family of acrocarpous mosses

   Mniaceae, family Mniaceae

   family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae

   Jungermanniaceae, family Jungermanniaceae

   comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales

   Marchantiaceae, family Marchantiaceae

   liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli

   Sphaerocarpaceae, family Sphaerocarpaceae

   liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera