| family Mniaceae 
 
 family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface;
 sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
 • Syn:
 Mniaceae
 • Hypernyms:
 moss family
 • Member Holonyms:
 Eubryales, order Eubryales
 • Member Meronyms:
 Mnium, genus Mnium
 
 
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