Hypnodendrales
{{Short description|Order of mosses}}
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| image =Hypnodendron comosum community.jpg
| image_caption =Hypnodendron comosum
| taxon = Hypnodendrales
| authority = N.E.Bell, A.E.Newton & D.Quandt
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
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Hypnodendrales is an order of mosses.Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; & Shaw, J. 2008: Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta. pp. 55-138 in Goffinet, B. & J. Shaw (eds.) Bryophyte Biology, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.
Description
Species in the order are robust pleurocarpous mosses that are epiphytic. They are generally characterized by basally reiterating stems or stipes with secondary branching towards the apex. The order is mostly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere.{{cite web| url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~jhyvonen/bell%20et%20al.%202012.pdf |title=Epiphytism and generic endemism in the Hypnodendrales: Cyrtopodendron, Franciella and macro-morphological plasticity| accessdate=October 11, 2018}}
Classification
There are four families placed in the Hypnodendrales: