chapter 1 The History of Pleurocarp Classification: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back -- chapter 2 The Phylogenetic Distribution of Pleurocarpous Mosses: Evidence from cpDNA Sequences -- chapter 3 Pleurocarpy in the Rhizogoniaceous Grade -- chapter 4 Reevaluation of the Phylogeny of the Hypopterygiaceae (Bryophyta) Based on Morphological and Molecular Data -- chapter 5 Growth Patterns in Calyptrochaeta Desv. (Daltoniaceae) -- chapter 6 Advances in Knowledge of the Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta) -- chapter 7 Phylogenetic Relationships within the Moss Family Meteoriaceae in the Light of Different Datasets, Alignment and Analysis Methods -- chapter 8 The Amblystegiaceae and Calliergonaceae -- chapter 9 On the Relationships of Mosses of the Order Hypnales, with Special Reference to Taxa Traditionally Classified in the Leskeaceae -- chapter 10 Phylogeny of Hygrophypnum Lindb. Based on Molecular Data -- chapter 11 Morphological Characters and Their Use in Pleurocarpous Moss Systematics -- chapter 12 Character Reduction and Peristome Morphology in Entodontaceae: Constraints on an Information Source -- chapter 13 Homologies of Stem Structures in Pleurocarpous Mosses, Especially of Pseudoparaphyllia and Similar Structures -- chapter 14 Branching Architecture in Pleurocarpous Mosses -- chapter 15 Sympodial and Monopodial Growth in Mosses: Examples from the Lembophyllaceae (Bryopsida) -- chapter 16 Did Pleurocarpous Mosses Originate before the Cretaceous? -- chapter 17 Dating the Diversification of the Pleurocarpous Mosses -- chapter 18 Phylogenetic and Morphological Studies within the Ptychomniales, with Emphasis on the Evolution of Dwarf Males -- chapter 19 Biogeography of Austral Pleurocarpous Mosses: Distribution Patterns in the Australasian Region.