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Definition of Dicranaceae
1. Noun. Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome.
Generic synonyms: Moss Family
Group relationships: Dicranales, Order Dicranales
Member holonyms: Dicranum, Genus Dicranum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicranaceae
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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