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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2014-08-22
Page range: 56–60
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Cololejeunea nanhutashanensis (Lejeuneaceae), a new species from Taiwan

Division of Botany, Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou 552, Taiwan Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan
Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan
Cololejeunea liverworts taxonomy Taiwan

Abstract

Cololejeunea nanhutashanensis is described as a new species from Taiwan. The new taxon is included in subgenus Cololejeunea (Spruce) Schiffner, and characterized mainly by its ovate to broadly ovate leaves with obtuse apex; large leaf lobule, 2/3–3/4 of lobe length; lobule with 2 teeth, separated by 2–4 cells from each other; stylus 5–16 cells long, 1–3 seriate; leaf cells thin-walled with large trigones and hemispherical dorsal protrusions; androecia terminal on short lateral branches with male bracts in 3–5 pairs; female bracts large, bract lobule almost as long as bract lobe; perianth obovate to oblong, 5-keeled, with dorsal protrusions on upper 1/3 surface. Its main characters are illustrated, and its distinction from other closely related consubgeneric species is discussed.