Genera (20): Alophosia, Atrichopsis, Atrichum, Bartramiopsis, Dawsonia, Dendroligotrichum, Hebantia, Itatiella, Lyellia, Meiotrichum, Notoligotrichum, Oligotrichum, Plagioracelopus, Pogonatum, Polytrichadelphus, Polytrichastrum, Polytrichum, Pseudatrichum, Psilopilum.

English: Aloe moss.
Botany: large mosses; thickened central stem and a rhizome; leaves have a midrib that bears lamellae on the upper surface; dioicous; 32 to 64 peristome teeth in their sporangium.