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Lembophyllaceae

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

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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]

Taxonomy

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.