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