''Noteroclada'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of liverworts of the Southern Hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is the only genus in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Noterocladaceae within that order. Unlike ''

Pellia ''Pellia'' is a small but widespread genus of liverworts in the cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is classified in order Pelliales and is a member of the family Pelliaceae within that order. Süsswassertang, a plan ...

'', the other genus in the order, ''Noteroclada'' has a leafy appearance. The species ''Noteroclada confluens'' is known primarily from the southern regions of

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...

, although it has been reported as far north as Costa Rica, and there is a report from

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. A possible second species is known from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

.Schuster, Rudolf M. ''The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America'', volume V, pages 434-435. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1992).

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