Grimmiaceae

Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.

Grimmiaceae Temporal range: Valanginian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Schistidium apocarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Grimmiales
Family:	Grimmiaceae Arn.:[1]
Genera
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Genera

World Flora Online lists the following genera:^[2]

• Bucklandiella Roiv.
• Codriophorus P.Beauv.
• Coscinodon Spreng.
• Grimmia Hedw.
• Guembelia Hampe
• Leucoperichaetium Magill
• Niphotrichum (Bedn.-Ochyra) Bedn.-Ochyra & Ochyra
• Racomitrium Brid.
• Schistidium Bruch & Schimp.

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]