Grimmiaceae

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.