Grimmiaceae

Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.

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]

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