Definition of Dicranaceae

1. Noun. Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome.

Exact synonyms: Family Dicranaceae
Generic synonyms: Moss Family
Group relationships: Dicranales, Order Dicranales
Member holonyms: Dicranum, Genus Dicranum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicranaceae

Dicotyledonae
Dicotyledones
Dicranaceae (current term)
Dicranales
Dicranopteris
Dicranum
Dicrostonyx
Dicrostonyx hudsonius
Dictamnus alba
Dictaphone
Dictyophera
Dictyoptera
Dictyostelium
Dicynodontia
Dida
Didelphidae
Didelphis

Literary usage of Dicranaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"PERISTOME SINGLE. (a) Trellis-work of Long Teeth. Dicranaceae ... We find this in a number of Dicranaceae and ..."

2. Mosses with a Hand-lens: A Non-technical Handbook of the More Common and by Abel Joel Grout (1905)
"Dicranaceae. Family. The Dicranum 1 HE plants of this family vary in size from exceedingly minute to several inches in height. ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1904)
"Part I contains a complete TEXT BOOK on Mosses and a systematic treatment of the families part way through the Dicranaceae. Price $1.00, per part, ..."

4. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"Dicranaceae FIGURE 29 Plants varying in size from exceedingly minute to several inches in height, dichotomously branched. Leaves broadly lanceolate to ..."

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