Plants small, brownish, sometimes with reddish tinge. Stems with secondary stems ascending, branches elongate [usually short], irregularly branched; paraphyllia and pseudoparaphyllia absent. Leaves tightly imbricate when dry, wide-spreading when moist; margins plane [to revolute]; medial laminal cells smooth to prorulose. Sexual condition autoicous; perichaetia terminal, inner leaves awned, awns nearly smooth to denticulate. Seta very short. Capsule immersed; peristome single; exostome teeth narrowly triangular. Calyptra conic, mostly smooth, somewhat papillose distally.

Distribution

Nearly worldwide, except Pacific Islands, tropical and subtropical regions.

Discussion

Species ca. 24 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Schoenobryum concavifolium