Notoscyphus grollei sp. nov. in Bitterfeld amber rather than the extant Notoscyphus lutescens (Lehm. &amp; Lindenb.) Mitt.

Jiří Váňa; Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp; Julia Bechteler; Alexander R. Schmidt; Jochen Heinrichs

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.8

Issue: Vol. 222 No. 2: 14 August 2015

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2015-08-14

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.222.2.8

Page range: 151–154

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Notoscyphus grollei sp. nov. in Bitterfeld amber rather than the extant Notoscyphus lutescens (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Mitt.

Jiří Váňa⁺⁻
Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp⁺⁻
Julia Bechteler⁺⁻
Alexander R. Schmidt⁺⁻
Jochen Heinrichs⁺⁻

Department of Botany, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic

Mittlere Letten 11, 88634 Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany

Systematic Botany and Mycology, Geobio-Center, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany

Department of Geobiology, University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Systematic Botany and Mycology, Geobio-Center, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany

Cenozoic fossil Jungermanniales Jungermanniopsida liverwort Notoscyphaceae Bryophytes Germany

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Abstract

A Paleogene fossil of a leafy liverwort that had earlier been assigned to the extant species Notoscyphus lutescens is described as Notoscyphus grollei, sp. nov. It differs from all other Notoscyphus taxa by mammillose-papillose leaf cells.