Lembophyllaceae is a family of pleurocarpous

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

es in the order

Hypnales Hypnales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. This group is sometimes called feather mosses, referring to their freely branched stems. The order includes more than 40 families and more than 4,000 species, making them ...

. It was originally described by Finnish botanist

Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (28 October 1849 – 9 February 1929), Finnish botanist who studied the mosses (Bryophyta), best known for authoring the treatment of 'Musci' in Adolf Engler, Engler and Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, Prantl's ''Die Natürlic ...

(1849–1929) in 1909. The family is mainly found in Australasia and southern South America.

Taxonomy

Lembophyllaceae is closely related to the family

Neckeraceae Neckeraceae is a moss family in the order Hypnales. There are about 200 species native to temperate and tropical regions. Most grow on rocks, or other plants. Description Members of the family are usually large and glossy plants with creeping st ...

. 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). Genera include: * '' 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 ''Isothecium myosuroides'', commonly known as slender mouse-tail moss or tree moss, is a true moss that grows abundantly on both rocks and trees. It is native to Western and Eastern North America, as well as parts of Western Europe. It grows ...

'') * '' 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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q12324229 Moss families Plants described in 1909