Grimmiaceae
Temporal range: Valanginian–Present
Schistidium apocarpum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Grimmiales
Family: Grimmiaceae
Arn.[1]
Genera

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Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.

Genera

The Plant List and Tropicos list the following genera:[2]

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

  1. ^ "Grimmiaceae". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Grimmiaceae". The Plant List. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ^ 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.

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