Andreaeaceae

 ( Moss Families ) 

Andreaeaceae is a family of which includes two genera,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). . Andreaea, containing about 100 species, and the genus Acroschisma. The Andreaeaceae prefer rocky habitats ranging from tropical to arctic climates, on which they form tufted colonies, typically with reddish to blackish shoots. The capsules lack the peristome mechanism and dehisce longitudinally to release the spores, resulting in a paper-lantern appearance.

It was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in honour of his friend J.G.R. Andreae.Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 10, p. 381, Linnean Society of London, 1811

• Zander, Richard H. 2007. Bryophyte Flora of North America: Andreaeaceae