''Noteroclada'' is a small

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

liverworts Liverworts are a group of non-vascular plant, non-vascular embryophyte, land plants forming the division Marchantiophyta (). They may also be referred to as hepatics. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in wh ...

of the Southern Hemisphere. It is classified in

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

Pelliales Pelliales is an order of liverworts. Classification Taxonomy based on work by Söderström et al. 2016 and synonyms from ''Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement''. * Noterocladaceae Frey & Stech 2005 ** '' Noteroclada'' Ta ...

and is the only genus in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

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 plant ...

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

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, although it has been reported as far north as

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

, and there is a report from

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. 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. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

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

References

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