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Issue: Vol. 459 No. 3: 14 September 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-09-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.459.3.6
Page range: 248–251
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 2

Ceratolejeunea panamensis (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta), a new species from Panama

Herbario UCH, Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí. Chiriquí, Panamá. E-mail: irislisseth16@gmail.com
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Taxonomia de Briófitas – BrioFLORA, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40170-280 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. E-mail: cidbastos@gmail.com; cjpbasto@ufba.br
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Herbario HUTPL. Ecuador. E-mail:arbenitez@utpl.edu.ec
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Abstract

Ceratolejeunea panamensis is described from Chiriquí province, Panama. The new species is distinguished from other species of the genus Ceratolejeunea by its numerous, scattered ocelli (6-20) in the leaf lobes and the very shortly bifid, reniform underleaves.