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 AmericaBestia Broth. – western North AmericaCamptochaete Reichardt – AustralasiaDolichomitra Broth. – Southeast AsiaDolichomitriopsis S.Okamura – Southeast AsiaFallaciella H. A. Crum – Australasia, southern South AmericaFifea H. A. Crum – AustralasiaIsothecium Brid. – widespread in the northern hemisphere Lembophyllum Lindb. – Australasia, southern South AmericaLooseria D. Quandt, S.Huttunen, Tangney, & Stech – southern South AmericaNeobarbella Nog. – Southeast AsiaPilotrichella Besch. – Hawaii, tropical Americas, Africa, MadagascarRigodium Kunze ex Schwägr. – Central and South America, East Africa, MadagascarTripterocladium A. Jaeger – western North AmericaWeymouthia Broth. – Australasia, southern South America