Timmiellaceae
Timmiellaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses. It contains two genera, Luisierella and Timmiella, that were formerly place in family Pottiaceae.
Taxonomy
The genera Luisierella and Timmiella have been traditionally placed in family Pottiaceae in order Pottiales. However, phylogenetic analyses have found these genera to form a clade, as part of a protohaplolepidous grade of early branching lineages in Dicranidae, for which the family Timmiellaceae was erected. The family is now placed in order Distichiales along with family Distichiaceae.Genera and species
The family contains the following genera and species:- Luisierella
- *Luisierella barbula
- *Luisierella pusilla
- *Luisierella stenocarpa
- Timmiella
- *Timmiella acaulon
- *Timmiella alata
- *Timmiella anomala
- *Timmiella barbuloides
- *Timmiella brevidens
- *Timmiella cameruniae
- *Timmiella corniculata
- *Timmiella crassinervis
- *Timmiella diminuta
- *Timmiella flexiseta
- *Timmiella grosseserrata
- *Timmiella multiflora
- *Timmiella pelindaba
- *Timmiella rosulata
- *Timmiella subintegra
- *''Timmiella umbrosa''