NOUN | plant | Mniaceae, family Mniaceae | family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface |
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Meaning | family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae. | |
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Synonym | family Mniaceae | |
Member of | Eubryales, order Eubryales | mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules |
Members | Mnium, genus Mnium | mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger / larger |
Broader | moss family | A family of mosses |
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