Grimmiaceae
Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.
| Grimmiaceae Temporal range:   | |
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| Schistidium apocarpum | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Division: | Bryophyta | 
| Class: | Bryopsida | 
| Subclass: | Dicranidae | 
| Order: | Grimmiales | 
| Family: | Grimmiaceae Arn.[1]  | 
| Genera | |
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Genera
    
The Plant List and Tropicos list the following genera:[2]
- Aligrimmia R.S.Williams
 - Bucklandiella Roiv.
 - Codriophorus P.Beauv.
 - Coscinodon Spreng.
 - Coscinodontella R.S.Williams
 - Dryptodon Brid.
 - Gasterogrimmia (Schimp.) Buyss.
 - Grimmia Hedw.
 - Guembelia Hampe
 - Indusiella Broth. & Müll.Hal.
 - Jaffueliobryum Thér.
 - Leucoperichaetium Magill
 - Niphotrichum (Bedn.-Ochyra) Bedn.-Ochyra & Ochyra
 - Orthogrimmia (Schimp.) Ochyra & Żarnowiec
 - Racomitrium Brid.
 - Schistidium Bruch & Schimp.
 - Scouleria Hook.
 - Streptocolea (I.Hagen) Ochyra & Żarnowiec
 - Tridontium Hook.f.
 
Fossil record
    
A fossil species, Tricarinella crassiphylla is known from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian ~136 million years ago) Apple Bay flora on Vancouver Island, Canada, which is the oldest known member of the Dicranidae.[3]
References
    
- "Grimmiaceae". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
 - "Grimmiaceae". The Plant List. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
 - Savoretti, Adolfina; Bippus, Alexander C; Stockey, Ruth A; Rothwell, Gar W; Tomescu, Alexandru M F (2018-06-08). "Grimmiaceae in the Early Cretaceous: Tricarinella crassiphylla gen. et sp. nov. and the value of anatomically preserved bryophytes". Annals of Botany. 121 (7): 1275–1286. doi:10.1093/aob/mcy015. ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 6007789.
 
External links
    
 Data related to Grimmiaceae at Wikispecies
 Media related to Grimmiaceae at Wikimedia Commons
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