Platygyriella imbricatifolia is a species of moss belonging to the genus Platygyriella. Before being named Platygyriella imbricatifolia, it was placed in the genus Erythrodontium by R.S. Williams and Jules Cardot.[1] [2] It was then transferred to the genus Platygyriella by Marie Hypolite Irénée Thériot in 1926.[2]