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The Lembophyllaceae are a family of approximately 50 species in 14 genera, widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas. The New Zealand species occur mostly in forest as conspicuous tufted mats on tree trunks, exposed roots, branches and logs, also often on rocks, and sometimes soil. Eleven species (one of which is present as two varieties) in five genera occur in New Zealand. All the species are indigenous and three species and one variety are endemic. The remaining species also variously occur in Australia, southern South America, and the Pacific. Many of the species are taxonomically difficult due to variability caused by vigorous growth producing extensive tangled masses which obscure some characteristic specific features. Members of the family have a dendroid or pendent growth form, short upper laminal cells, and sometimes differentiated and coloured alar cells. Following a period of taxonomic instability, molecular analysis has provided a more settled outline of the generic limits and relationships of the Lembophyllaceae.
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