Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Bryophyta A. Braun - mosses |
| subdivisio | Andreaeophytina Goffinet, W.R. Buck et A. J. Shaw |
| class | Andreaeopsida J.H. Schaffn. |
| order | Andreaeales Limpr. |
| family | Andreaeaceae Dumort. |
| genus | Andreaea Hedw. - andreaea moss |
| species | Andreaea aterrima Müll. Hal. |