Lembophyllaceae
Lembophyllaceae is a family of pleurocarpous mosses in the order Hypnales. It was originally described by Finnish botanist Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus in 1909. The family is mainly found in Australasia and southern South America.
Taxonomy
Lembophyllaceae is closely related to the family Neckeraceae. Members of Lembophyllaceae are differentiated from Neckeraceae by their typically terete shoots, the leaves being mostly often loosely appressed, and frequently well-developed peristomes.Genera include:
- Antitrichia Bridel-Brederi - western North America
- Bestia Broth. – western North America
- Camptochaete Reichardt – Australasia
- Dolichomitra 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
- Lembophyllum Lindb. – Australasia, southern South America
- Looseria D. Quandt, S.Huttunen, Tangney, & Stech – southern South America
- Neobarbella Nog. – Southeast Asia
- Pilotrichella Besch. – Hawaii, tropical Americas, Africa, Madagascar
- Rigodium Kunze ex Schwägr. – Central and South America, East Africa, Madagascar
- Tripterocladium A. Jaeger – western North America
- Weymouthia Broth. – Australasia, southern South America