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 in the family
Grimmiaceae
Grimmiaceae is a family (biology), family of mosses in the order Grimmiales.
Genera
World Flora Online lists the following genera:
* ''Bucklandiella''
* ''Codriophorus''
* ''Coscinodon''
* ''Grimmia''
* ''Guembelia''
* ''Leucoperichaetium' ...
established in 1818 by
Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri
Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri (28 November 1761 in Crassier, Vaud – 7 January 1828) was a Swiss-German bryologist.
He studied at the University of Lausanne, and at the age of 19 began work as a tutor to the princes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ...