[2] The Fabroniaceae were established by Schimper (in 1855) to accommodate three genera: Fabronia Raddi, Anacamptodon Brid.

The Fabroniaceae are well represented in the tropics with few species occurring in the North Temperate Zone.

[3] They are tropical mosses that grow on tree trunks and have erect branches and exserted capsules with the operculum (a cap-like structure) beaked.

The leaf blade margins are flat; unistratose (single layer of cells) and finely crenulate or entire.

[5] Figures in brackets represent the number of species per genus: In a 2012 phylogenetic study, Câmara and Buck stated that the genus Levierella should be nested within the family Entodontaceae, with Dimerodontium among taxa traditionally associated with the family Leskeaceae.