# Andreaea

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{{Short description|Genus of mosses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Andreaea rupestris (a, 141109-472338) 9773.JPG
| image_caption = ''[Andreaea rupestris](/source/Andreaea_rupestris)''
| parent_authority = [Dumort.](/source/Barth%C3%A9lemy_Charles_Joseph_Dumortier)
| taxon = Andreaea
| authority = [Hedw.](/source/Hedw.)
}}
thumb|200px|Morphology of ''Andreaea rupestris''

'''''Andreaea''''' is a genus of rock [moss](/source/moss)es described by [Johann Hedwig](/source/Johann_Hedwig) in 1801.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9998#page/56/mode/1up Hedwig, Johann. 1801.  Species Muscorum Frondosorum 47-49] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/35000050 Tropicos, ''Andreaea'' Hedw.]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101666 Flora of North America, Vol. 27 Page 102, ''Andreaea'' Hedwig]</ref>

They are small, delicate acrocarpous mosses (meaning that the capsules are formed at the tips of vertical branches) that form dark brown or reddish cushions on wet [siliceous](/source/siliceous) rocks in mountainous areas. The [capsule](/source/Capsule_(botany)) lacks the [peristome teeth](/source/peristome) and [operculum](/source/Operculum_(botany)) of other mosses, and opens by splitting along 4 vertical slits, the four valves remaining joined at the base and apex. The capsule of ''Andreaea'' has no [seta](/source/seta), but the [sporophyte](/source/sporophyte) (''Spf'' in the diagram below) instead is supported by a [pseudopodium](/source/pseudopodium) (''ps'') derived from [gametophyte](/source/gametophyte) tissue, as in ''Sphagnum'' and the [columella](/source/columella_(botany)) is enclosed within the [sporangium](/source/sporangium). The spores germinate to give [thalloid](/source/thalloid) [protonemata](/source/protonemata).<ref>Abramov, I. I. & A. L. Abramova. 1983. Konspekt flor'i mhov Mongol'skoj Narodnoj Respubliki. Biologiceskie Resursy i Prirodnye Uslovija Mongol'skoj Narodnoj Respubliki 17. 221 pp.</ref><ref>Florschütz-de Waard, J. & P. A. Florschütz. 1979. Estudios sobre criptógamas Colombianas III. Lista comentada de los musgos de Colombia. Bryologist 82: 215–259</ref><ref>Kis, G. 1985. Mosses of South-East Tropical Africa, an annotated list with distributional data 170 pp. Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Vácrátót</ref><ref>Mahú, M. 1979. Familias y géneros de musgos Chilenos. Bryologist 82: 513–524</ref><ref>Greene, D. M. 1986. Conspectus of the Mosses of Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Southern South America, 314 pp. British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge</ref>

==Species==
In alphabetical order:<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Andreaea The Plant List, search for ''Andreaea'']</ref>
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* ''[Andreaea acuminata](/source/Andreaea_acuminata)'' - [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania)
* ''[Andreaea acutifolia](/source/Andreaea_acutifolia)'' - [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), New Zealand, [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Chile](/source/Chile), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea alpina](/source/Andreaea_alpina)'' - [Greenland](/source/Greenland), [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), [Chile](/source/Chile), Norway, Scotland
* ''[Andreaea amblyophylla](/source/Andreaea_amblyophylla)'' - Australia
* ''[Andreaea angustata](/source/Andreaea_angustata)'' - Switzerland, Austria, [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria)
* ''[Andreaea angustifolia](/source/Andreaea_angustifolia)''  - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea apiculata](/source/Andreaea_apiculata)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea appendiculata](/source/Andreaea_appendiculata)''
* ''[Andreaea arachnoidea](/source/Andreaea_arachnoidea)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea aterrima](/source/Andreaea_aterrima)'' - [Bismarck Is](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago)
* ''[Andreaea atlantica](/source/Andreaea_atlantica)'' - [Tristan da Cunha](/source/Tristan_da_Cunha) 
* ''[Andreaea australis](/source/Andreaea_australis)'' - Australia, New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea barbuloides](/source/Andreaea_barbuloides)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea bistratosa](/source/Andreaea_bistratosa)'' - [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
* ''[Andreaea blyttii](/source/Andreaea_blyttii)'' - northern Europe, [Siberia](/source/Siberia), Canada, [Greenland](/source/Greenland), United States ([AK](/source/Alaska) [WA](/source/Washington_(state)) [OR](/source/Oregon) [CA](/source/California))
* ''[Andreaea borbonica](/source/Andreaea_borbonica)'' - [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union)
* ''[Andreaea brevifolia](/source/Andreaea_brevifolia)'' - [Patagonia](/source/Patagonia)
* ''[Andreaea brevipes](/source/Andreaea_brevipes)'' - [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Peru](/source/Peru), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea camerunensis](/source/Andreaea_camerunensis)'' - [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)
* ''[Andreaea clavata](/source/Andreaea_clavata)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia), [Peru](/source/Peru)
* ''[Andreaea cockaynei](/source/Andreaea_cockaynei)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea cucullata](/source/Andreaea_cucullata)'' - [Kenya](/source/Kenya), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)
* ''[Andreaea densifolia](/source/Andreaea_densifolia)'' - China
* ''[Andreaea depressinervis](/source/Andreaea_depressinervis)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica)
* ''[Andreaea dissitifolia](/source/Andreaea_dissitifolia)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea erythrodictyon](/source/Andreaea_erythrodictyon)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea eximia](/source/Andreaea_eximia)'' - [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania)
* ''[Andreaea filiformis](/source/Andreaea_filiformis)'' - [Chukchi Peninsula](/source/Chukchi_Peninsula)
* ''[Andreaea firma](/source/Andreaea_firma)'' - central Africa
* ''[Andreaea flabellata](/source/Andreaea_flabellata)'' - [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania)
* ''[Andreaea flexuosa](/source/Andreaea_flexuosa)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea fragilis](/source/Andreaea_fragilis)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), [Patagonia](/source/Patagonia)
* ''[Andreaea frigida](/source/Andreaea_frigida)'' - Europe
* ''[Andreaea fuegiana](/source/Andreaea_fuegiana)'' - [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego), [Poland](/source/Poland)
* ''[Andreaea gainii](/source/Andreaea_gainii)''  - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica)
* ''[Andreaea gibbosa](/source/Andreaea_gibbosa)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea grimmioides](/source/Andreaea_grimmioides)'' - [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea grimsulana](/source/Andreaea_grimsulana)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea hamulata](/source/Andreaea_hamulata)'' - [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
* ''[Andreaea hartmanii](/source/Andreaea_hartmanii)'' - [Alaska](/source/Alaska), [Siberia](/source/Siberia), [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia)
* ''[Andreaea heinemannii](/source/Andreaea_heinemannii)'' - United States ([AK](/source/Alaska), [OR](/source/Oregon), [CA](/source/California), [CO](/source/Colorado)), Canada ([BC](/source/British_Columbia) [YT](/source/Yukon_Territory)), Europe, Asia, [Canary](/source/Canary_Islands), [Kerguelen](/source/Kerguelen), [Madeira](/source/Madeira)
* ''[Andreaea huttonii](/source/Andreaea_huttonii)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea indica](/source/Andreaea_indica)'' - India
* ''[Andreaea javanica](/source/Andreaea_javanica)'' - [Java](/source/Java)
* ''[Andreaea karsteniana](/source/Andreaea_karsteniana)'' - high [Andes](/source/Andes)
* ''[Andreaea kilimandscharica](/source/Andreaea_kilimandscharica)'' - [Kenya](/source/Kenya), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [Uganda](/source/Uganda)
* ''[Andreaea kinabaluensis](/source/Andreaea_kinabaluensis)'' - [Sabah](/source/Sabah)
* ''[Andreaea laticuspis](/source/Andreaea_laticuspis)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea latinervis](/source/Andreaea_latinervis)'' - [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea laxifolia](/source/Andreaea_laxifolia)'' - [Hermite Is](/source/Hermite_Islands), [Falkland Is](/source/Falkland_Islands), [Campbell I](/source/Campbell_Island%2C_New_Zealand), [Auckland Is](/source/Auckland_Islands)
* ''[Andreaea leiophylla](/source/Andreaea_leiophylla)'' - [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea lorentziana](/source/Andreaea_lorentziana)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), [Patagonia](/source/Patagonia)
* ''[Andreaea marginata](/source/Andreaea_marginata)'' - [Hermite Is](/source/Hermite_Islands), [Kerguelen](/source/Kerguelen_Islands)
* ''[Andreaea megistospora](/source/Andreaea_megistospora)'' - [AK](/source/Alaska), [BC](/source/British_Columbia), [WA](/source/Washington_(state)), [UK](/source/United_Kingdom), Ireland, Norway
* ''[Andreaea microphylla](/source/Andreaea_microphylla)'' - [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais)
* ''[Andreaea microvaginata](/source/Andreaea_microvaginata)'' - Australia
* ''[Andreaea mildbraedii](/source/Andreaea_mildbraedii)'' - central [Africa](/source/Africa)
* ''[Andreaea mitchellii](/source/Andreaea_mitchellii)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea morrisonensis](/source/Andreaea_morrisonensis)'' - China
* ''[Andreaea mutabilis](/source/Andreaea_mutabilis)'' - [Falkland Is](/source/Falkland_Islands), [Campbell I](/source/Campbell_Island%2C_New_Zealand), [Auckland Is](/source/Auckland_Islands), [Argentina](/source/Argentina), [BC](/source/British_Columbia)
* ''[Andreaea nana](/source/Andreaea_nana)'' - [Bismarck Is](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago)
* ''[Andreaea naumannii](/source/Andreaea_naumannii)'' - [Bismarck Is](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago)
* ''[Andreaea nitida](/source/Andreaea_nitida)'' - [Auckland Is](/source/Auckland_Islands)
* ''[Andreaea nivalis](/source/Andreaea_nivalis)'' - [Greenland](/source/Greenland), Canada ([NL](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [YT](/source/Yukon_Territory), [BC](/source/British_Columbia)), United States ([AK](/source/Alaska), [WA](/source/Washington_(state)), [OR](/source/Oregon), [CA](/source/California)), Europe, [Russia](/source/Russian_Federation), Japan
* ''[Andreaea novae-zealandiae](/source/Andreaea_novae-zealandiae)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea novoguinensis](/source/Andreaea_novoguinensis)'' -  [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea)
* ''[Andreaea obovata](/source/Andreaea_obovata)'' - Canada, [Greenland](/source/Greenland), [Alaska](/source/Alaska), [Central Africa](/source/Central_Africa)
* ''[Andreaea obtusissima](/source/Andreaea_obtusissima)'' - New Zealand
* ''[Andreaea opaca](/source/Andreaea_opaca)'' - Europe
* ''[Andreaea pachyphylla](/source/Andreaea_pachyphylla)'' - [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea parallela](/source/Andreaea_parallela)'' - [Bismarck Is](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago)
* ''[Andreaea patagonica](/source/Andreaea_patagonica)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea peruviana](/source/Andreaea_peruviana)'' - [Peru](/source/Peru)
* ''[Andreaea pilifera](/source/Andreaea_pilifera)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea planinervia](/source/Andreaea_planinervia)'' - Europe
* ''[Andreaea pseudomutabilis](/source/Andreaea_pseudomutabilis)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea purpurascens](/source/Andreaea_purpurascens)'' - Europe
* ''[Andreaea regularis](/source/Andreaea_regularis)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), [South Georgia](/source/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea remotifolia](/source/Andreaea_remotifolia)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica)
* ''[Andreaea rigida](/source/Andreaea_rigida)'' - India
* ''[Andreaea robusta](/source/Andreaea_robusta)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea rothii](/source/Andreaea_rothii)'' - Europe, [North America](/source/North_America)
* ''[Andreaea rupestris](/source/Andreaea_rupestris)'' - Europe, [Greenland](/source/Greenland), [Alaska](/source/Alaska), Canada ([Nun](/source/Nunavut), [Que](/source/Quebec))
* ''[Andreaea schofieldiana](/source/Andreaea_schofieldiana)'' - [CA](/source/California), [BC](/source/British_Columbia)
* ''[Andreaea semisquarrosa](/source/Andreaea_semisquarrosa)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), [Tierra del Fuego](/source/Tierra_del_Fuego)
* ''[Andreaea seriata](/source/Andreaea_seriata)'' - Europe
* ''[Andreaea sinuosa](/source/Andreaea_sinuosa)'' - Europe [BC](/source/British_Columbia) [Alaska](/source/Alaska)
* ''[Andreaea sparsifolia](/source/Andreaea_sparsifolia)'' - [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia)
* ''[Andreaea spurioalpina](/source/Andreaea_spurioalpina)'' - [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro)
* ''[Andreaea squamata](/source/Andreaea_squamata)'' - [Bismarck Is](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago)
* ''[Andreaea squarrifolia](/source/Andreaea_squarrifolia)'' - [Tristan da Cunha](/source/Tristan_da_Cunha)
* ''[Andreaea squarrosa](/source/Andreaea_squarrosa)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea squarrosofiliformis](/source/Andreaea_squarrosofiliformis)'' - [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais)
* ''[Andreaea striata](/source/Andreaea_striata)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia), [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
* ''[Andreaea subappendiculata](/source/Andreaea_subappendiculata)'' - [Bismarck Is](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago)
* ''[Andreaea subremotifolia](/source/Andreaea_subremotifolia)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica)
* ''[Andreaea subulata](/source/Andreaea_subulata)'' - [Hermite Is](/source/Hermite_Islands), [Falkland Is](/source/Falkland_Islands)
* ''[Andreaea taiwanensis](/source/Andreaea_taiwanensis)'' - [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)
* ''[Andreaea tsaratananae](/source/Andreaea_tsaratananae)'' - [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union)
* ''[Andreaea tunariensis](/source/Andreaea_tunariensis)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea turgescens](/source/Andreaea_turgescens)'' - [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica)
* ''[Andreaea urophylla](/source/Andreaea_urophylla)'' -  [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)
* ''[Andreaea vaginalis](/source/Andreaea_vaginalis)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica)
* ''[Andreaea vilocensis](/source/Andreaea_vilocensis)'' - [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)
* ''[Andreaea viridis](/source/Andreaea_viridis)'' - [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica)
* ''[Andreaea vulcanica](/source/Andreaea_vulcanica)'' 
* ''[Andreaea wangiana](/source/Andreaea_wangiana)'' - [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan), [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan), [Tibet](/source/Tibet)
* ''[Andreaea willii](/source/Andreaea_willii)'' -  [South Georgia](/source/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands)
* ''[Andreaea wilsonii](/source/Andreaea_wilsonii)'' - [Campbell Is](/source/Campbell_Island%2C_New_Zealand), [Auckland Is](/source/Auckland_Islands)
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* Zander, Richard H. 2007. ''Bryophyte Flora of North America'': [http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/BFNA/V1/AndrAndreaeaceae.htm Andreaeaceae]
* Universidad Complutense de Madrid. MUSGOS - Biodiversidad y Taxonomía de Plantas Criptógamas: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130617101219/http://linneo.bio.ucm.es/plantas_criptogamas/materiales/musgos_caracteristicas.html]

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Category:Andreaeaceae
Category:Moss genera

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