Original paper
Ceratolejeunea apostolii (Lejeuneaceae, Jungermanniopsida) a new species from the Brazilian Amazon with Allorgella-type denticulations
Sierra, Adriel M.; Zartman, Charles E.; Bastos, Cid José Passos
Nova Hedwigia Band 119 Heft 3-4 (2024), p. 331 - 337
20 references
published: Dec 12, 2024
published online: Dec 9, 2024
manuscript accepted: Sep 3, 2024
final revised version received: Aug 21, 2024
manuscript revision requested: Aug 8, 2024
manuscript received: Apr 20, 2024
DOI: 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2024/0949
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Abstract
The new species Ceratolejeunea apostolii is described and illustrated herein from a specimen collected from the Jaú National Park in the Brazilian Amazon and is distinguished morphologically from C. rubiginosa by its obliquely spreading leaves, symmetrical lobes, Allorgella-type denticulations along the dorsal and ventral leaf margins, pairs of marginally sharp teeth along underleaves, and absence of utriculi. This species occurs as an epiphyte on understory shrubs in seasonally inundated black water Amazonian forests (igapó).
Keywords
Amazon • diversity • black-water floodplain • liverworts • taxonomy