Grimmiaceae Explained

Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.

Genera

The Plant List and Tropicos list the following genera:

• Aligrimmia
• Bucklandiella
• Codriophorus
• Coscinodon
• Coscinodontella
• Dryptodon
• Gasterogrimmia
• Grimmia
• Guembelia
• Indusiella
• Jaffueliobryum
• Leucoperichaetium
• Niphotrichum
• Orthogrimmia
• Racomitrium
• Schistidium
• Scouleria
• Streptocolea
• Tridontium

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.^[1]

Notes and References

1. 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. 10.1093/aob/mcy015. 0305-7364. 6007789.