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Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-09
Page range: 31–38
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Additions to the distribution of some Palaeotropic Lejeunea (Marchantiophyta) species, with the description of Lejeunea konratii sp. nov. from Fiji

Gaik Ee Lee, School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia University of Munich (LMU), Department of Biology I, Systematic Botany and Mycology, Geobio-Center, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
Tamás Pócs, Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Eszterházy Károly University, Pf. 43, H-3301, Eger, Hungary
Plantae Paleotropical bryoflora Fiji Lejeunea Lejeuneaceae new species

Abstract

Three new additions to the knowledge of Lejeunea species in the Paleotropical bryoflora with their distributional ranges are presented. A new species, Lejeunea konratii G.E.Lee & Pócs, from Fiji (Central Viti Levu) is described and illustrated. It is characterized by the peculiar (1)–2 cells long first tooth of leaf lobules, the robust stem with 16–24 epidermal cells and ventral merophytes 4–8 cells wide, the reniform underleaves, the smooth cuticle, the leaf cells without well-developed trigones and intermediate thickenings, and the 2-winged, auriculate and undulate keels of the perianth. All Asian and Pacific species of Lejeunea with pluricellular lobule teeth are compared and discussed.