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Bryaceae is a family of
moss Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
es.Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 ''in'' A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), ''Bryophyte Biology''. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). .


Genera

Genera include: *'' Acidodontium'' *'' Anomobryum'' (e.g. ''
Anomobryum julaceum ''Anomobryum julaceum'', the slender silver-moss, is a species of bryophyte native to all continents except South America and Antarctica. ''A. julaceum'' is found widespread in the temperate regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Its ...
'') *'' Brachymenium'' *'' Bryum'' *'' Gemmabryum'' *'' Haplodontium'' *'' Imbribryum'' *'' Leptostomopsis'' (formerly part of ''Bryum'') *'' Mniobryoides'' *'' Ochiobryum'' *'' Osculatia'' *'' Perssonia'' *'' Plagiobryoides *'' Plagiobryum'' *''
Ptychostomum ''Ptychostomum'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Bryaceae. It has an almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Ea ...
'' (formerly part of ''Bryum'') *'' Rhodobryum'' (e.g. '' Rhodobryum roseum'') *'' Rosulabryum''


Formerly included

*'' Roellobryon'' (formerly known as ''Roellia'', now a part of Roellobryaceae)


References

Moss families {{bryidae-stub