Mosses and Liverworts of Uganda (MALOU)

List of families in systematic order

(Number in brackets after each family name is the number of taxa for the family occurring in Uganda, followed by the name of the author for the family.)

1. Anthocerotaceae (3) - Bates

2. Haplomitriaceae (1) - Hodgetts
3. Lepicoleaceae (1) - Hodgetts
4. Herbertaceae (4) - Hodgetts
5. Pseudolepicoleaceae (1) - Bates
6. Lepidoziaceae (14) - Bates
7. Calypogeiaceae (3) - Bates
8. Adelanthaceae (2) - Bates
9. Cephaloziaceae (2) - Bates
10. Cephaloziellaceae (6) - Bates
11. Jungermanniaceae (6) - Váña
12. Lophoziaceae (9) - Váña
13. Gymnomitriaceae (3) - Váña
14. Scapaniaceae (1) - Hodgetts
15. Geocalycaceae (11) - Stieperaere
16. Plagiochilaceae (22) - Hodgetts
17. Chonecoleaceae (1) - Bates
18. Arnelliaceae (3) - Bates
19. Acrobolbaceae (2) - Bates
20. Balantiopsaceae (1) - Bates
21. Radulaceae (9) - Bates
22. Porellaceae (3) - Hodgetts
23. Frullaniaceae (17) - Stevenson
24. Lejeuneaceae -subfam. Ptychanthoideae (22) - Wigginton
Lejeuneaceae - subfam. Lejeuneoideae (89)
25. tribe Brachiolejeuneae (4) - Pócs
26. tribe Lejeuneae(44) - Pócs
27. tribe Cololejeuneae (41) -Wigginton
28. Fossombroniaceae (1) - Perold
29. Pallaviciniaceae (5) - Porley
30. Aneuraceae (7) - Bates
31. Metzgeriaceae (14) - Hodgetts
32. Targioniaceae (4) - Perold
33. Lunulariaceae (1) - Perold
34. Aytoniaceae (5) - Perold
35. Marchantiaceae (4) - Perold
36. Ricciaceae (10) - Perold

SPHAGNOPSIDA

37. Sphagnaceae (7) - Shaw

38. Andreaeaceae (3) - Hodgetts

39. Polytrichaceae (10) - Hyvönen
40. Encalyptaceae (1) - O'Shea
41. Funariaceae (5) - Blockeel
42. Grimmiaceae (13) -Porley
43. Fissidentaceae (22) -Bruggeman-Nannenga
44. Dicranaceae (27) - Frahm (17), La Farge (10)
45. Bruchiaceae (3) - Bates
46. Leucobryaceae (2) - Frahm
47. Octoblepharaceae (1) - Ellis
48. Ditrichaceae (2) - Bates
49. Rhabdoweisiaceae (3) - Frahm
50. Rhachitheciaceae (1) - Hodgetts
51. Erpodiaceae (1) - Hodgetts
52. Pottiaceae (44) - Matcham
53. Calymperaceae (10) - Ellis
53a. Cinclidotaceae (1) - Matcham
54. Splachnaceae (6) - Blockeel
55. Orthotrichaceae (27) - Van Rooy
56. Hedwigiaceae (5) - O'Shea
57. Rhacocarpaceae (1) - O'Shea
58. Aulacomniaceae (1) - Proctor
59. Bartramiaceae (19) - Proctor
59a. Orthodontiaceae (3) - Shaw
60. Bryaceae (34) - Heddersen (9), Holyoak (25)
61. Mniaceae (19) - Shaw (17), Watling (2)
62. Rhizogoniaceae (1) - Proctor
63. Racopilaceae (6) - Proctor
64. Leucomiaceae (1) - Buck
65. Daltoniaceae (4) - Buck
66. Pilotrichaceae (17) - Buck
67. Hypopterygiaceae (3) - Enroth
68. Amblystegiaceae (1) - Ochyra
68a. Cratoneuraceae (1) - Ochyra
69. Hylocomiaceae (1) - Hedenäs
69a. Rhytidiaceae (1) - Hedenäs
70. Leskeaceae (7) - Martin
71. Regmatodontaceae (1) - O'Shea
72. Pterigynandraceae (1) - O'Shea
73. Thuidiaceae (11) - Martin
73a. Campyliaceae (4) - Ochyra
74. Brachytheciaceae (28) - Ochyra
75. Stereophyllaceae (3) - Buck
76. Fabroniaceae (9) - Buck
77. Meteoriaceae (6) - Magombo
78. Trachypodaceae (3) - Newton
79. Plagiotheciaceae (3) - Ochyra
79a. Fontinalaceae - O'Shea
80. Entodontaceae (6) - Kungu
81. Hypnaceae (24) - Hedenäs (21), Watling (2)
82. Catagoniaceae (1) - O'Shea
83. Sematophyllaceae (13) - O'Shea
84. Cryphaeaceae (4) - O'Shea
85. Prionodontaceae (1) - Newton
86. Leucodontaceae (4) - O'Shea
87. Pterobryaceae (7) - Newton
88. Neckeraceae (11) - Enroth
89. Leptodontaceae (2) - O'Shea
89a. Lembophyllaceae (1) - Magombo