| Hypnales | |
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| Thuidium tamariscinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Superorder: | Hypnanae |
| Order: | Hypnales W.R. Buck & Vitt, 1986 |
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Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems.[1] The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them the largest order of mosses.[2][3]
- ^ Sci-Tech Encyclopedia (2005). "Hypnales". McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. Retrieved 1 December 2012 – via Answers.com.
- ^ Buck, W. & Shaw, A. (2008). "Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta". In B. Goffinet & A. Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511754807.003. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
- ^ 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. ISBN 1-930723-38-5.