Orthostichellaceae fam. nov. and other novelties in pleurocarpous mosses revealed by phylogenetic analyses

In the light of a phylogenetic reconstruction based on a multi-loci data set including sequence data from all three compartments (plastome: (rps4)–trnF, rpl16 group II intron; chondrome: nad5 group I intron; nuclear: ITS1&2) the Orthostichellaceae are described as a new family of pleurocarpous mosses. It is distributed mainly in the Neotropics and tropical Africa, and provisionally contains the genera Dixonia (Asia, 1 species), Afrothamnium gen....