| Tetraphidaceae | |
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| Tetraphis pellucida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Tetraphidopsida Goffinet & Buck[1] |
| Order: | Tetraphidales M. Fleisch. |
| Family: | Tetraphidaceae Schimp. |
| Genera | |
Tetraphidaceae is a family of mosses. It includes only the two genera Tetraphis and Tetrodontium, each with two species.[2] The defining feature of the family is the 4-toothed peristome.
| family Tetraphidaceae | |
| The classification of Tetraphidaceae, and its phylogenetic position among the mosses.[1][3] | |
- ^ a b Goffinet, Bernard; William R. Buck (2004). "Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification". Monographs in Systematic Botany. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. 98. Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 205–239.
- ^ Harpel, Judith A. (2007). "Tetraphidaceae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America. Vol. 27. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 111–115. ISBN 978-0-19-531823-4.
- ^ Goffinet, B.; W. R. Buck; A. J. Shaw (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Bernard Goffinet; A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.