Bruchiaceae
Bruchiaceae is a family of Peristome#In_mosses, haplolepideous mosses in subclass Dicranidae. The family was previously placed in the order Dicranales, but are now placed in their own monotypic order, Bruchiales. These moses have the greatest occurrence in temperate regions. They are mosses with long-necked, cleistocarpous (having the capsule opening irregularly without an operculum) capsules and mitrate calyptras. History Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (in 1909) included ''Bruchia'' and ''Trematodon'' in the family Dicranaceae, as part of subfamily ''Trematodontoideae''. Nathaniel Lord Britton (in 1913) placed these two genera together with ''Pringleella'' in the family ''Bruchiaceae''. Study spore morphology supported the separation of family Bruchiaceae from family Dicranaceae. By 1979, Bruchiaceae had four genera: ''Bruchia'', ''Pringleella'', ''Eobruchia'', and ''Trematodon''. The current circumscription of the family includes four genera: * ''Bruchia (plant), Bruchia'' * ' ...
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