Pottiaceae

The Pottiaceae are a family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known.

Genera
The family has four subfamilies and 83 genera.


 * Subfamily Trichostomoideae
 * Bryoceuthospora
 * Calymperastrum
 * Calyptopogon
 * Chionoloma
 * Eucladium
 * Leptobarbula
 * Neophoenix
 * Pachyneuropsis
 * Pleurochaete
 * Pottiopsis
 * Pseudosymblepharis
 * Quaesticula
 * Streptocalypta
 * Tetracoscinodon
 * Tetrapterum
 * Tortella Lindb.
 * Trachycarpidium
 * Trichostomum
 * Oxystegus
 * Tuerckheima Broth.
 * Uleobryum
 * Weissia
 * Weissiodicranum
 * Subfamily Barbuloideae
 * Anoectangium
 * Barbula
 * Bellibarbula
 * Bryoerythrophyllum
 * Cinclidotus
 * Dialytrichia
 * Didymodon (e.g. Didymodon tomaculosus)
 * Erythrophyllopsis
 * Ganguleea
 * Gertrudiella
 * Gymnostomum
 * Gymnostomiella
 * Gyroweisia
 * Hymenostyliella
 * Hymenostylium
 * Hyophila
 * Hyophiladelphus
 * Koponobryum
 * Leptodontiella
 * Leptodontium
 * Luisierella
 * Mironia
 * Molendoa
 * Plaubelia
 * Pseudocrossidium
 * Reimersia
 * Rhexophyllum
 * Sarconeurum (e.g. Sarconeurum glaciale)
 * Splachnobryum
 * Streptotrichum
 * Teniolophora
 * Trachyodontium
 * Triquetrella
 * Weisiopsis
 * Subfamily Pottioideae
 * Acaulon
 * Aloina
 * Aloinella Cardot
 * Chenia
 * Crossidium
 * Crumia
 * Dolotortula
 * Globulinella
 * Hennediella
 * Hilpertia
 * Ludorugbya
 * Microbryum
 * Microcrossidium
 * Phascopsis
 * Pterygoneurum
 * Sagenotortula
 * Saitobryum
 * Stegonia
 * Stonea R. H. Zander
 * Streptopogon
 * Syntrichia
 * Tortula
 * Willia
 * Subfamily Merceyoideae
 * Scopelophila

The GBIF also lists Morinia Cardot, Saitoa, Sebillea, and Spruceella but with no subfamily details.

Subfamily Timmielloideae (and its two genera of Timmiella and Luisierella) have been transferred to a new family Timmiellaceae, due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014.