Lembophyllaceae

Lembophyllaceae is a family of pleurocarpous mosses in the order Hypnales. It was originally described by Finnish botanist Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (1849–1929) in 1909. The family is mainly found in Australasia and southern South America.[1]

Lembophyllaceae
Weymouthia mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Lembophyllaceae
Broth.
Genera

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Taxonomy

Lembophyllaceae is closely related to the family Neckeraceae.[1] Members of Lembophyllaceae are differentiated from Neckeraceae by their typically terete shoots (vs. mostly complanate), the leaves being mostly often loosely appressed, and frequently well-developed peristomes (vs. reduced or 'neckeroid' periostomes).[1] Genera include:[1][2]

  • Antitrichia Bridel-Brederi - western North America
  • Bestia Broth. – western North America
  • Camptochaete Reichardt – Australasia
  • Dolichomitra (Lindberg) Broth. – Southeast Asia
  • Dolichomitriopsis S.Okamura – Southeast Asia
  • Fallaciella H. A. Crum – Australasia, southern South America
  • Fifea H. A. Crum – Australasia
  • Isothecium Brid. – widespread in the northern hemisphere (e.g. Isothecium myosuroides)
  • Lembophyllum Lindb. – Australasia, southern South America
  • Looseria (Thér.) D. Quandt, S.Huttunen, Tangney, & Stech – southern South America
  • Neobarbella Nog. – Southeast Asia
  • Pilotrichella (Müll. Hal.) Besch. – Hawaii, tropical Americas, Africa, Madagascar
  • Rigodium Kunze ex Schwägr. – Central and South America, East Africa, Madagascar
  • Tripterocladium (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger – western North America
  • Weymouthia Broth. – Australasia, southern South America

References
  1. Quandt, Dietmar; Huttunen, Sanna; Tangney, Ray; Stech, Michael (1 July 2009). "Back to the Future? Molecules Take Us Back to the 1925 Classification of the Lembophyllaceae (Bryopsida)". Systematic Botany. 34 (3): 443–454. doi:10.1600/036364409789271128.
  2. Cox, C. J.; Goffinet, B.; Wickett, N. J.; Boles, S. B.; Shaw, A. J. (30 September 2014). "Moss diversity: A molecular phylogenetic analysis of genera". Phytotaxa. 9 (1): 175. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.9.1.10.
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