Biology:Grimmiaceae

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Grimmiaceae is a family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.

Genera

World Flora Online lists the following genera:[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. "Grimmiaceae". https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-7000000257#children. 
  2. 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. 
  • Data related to Grimmiaceae at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q150331 entry