BRYOPHYTE FLORA OF THE HUON PENINSULA, PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA .56. PRELIMINARY CONTRIBUTIONS ON LEJEUNEACEAE (HEPATICAE) .2.

Authors
POCS T PIIPPO S MIZUTANI M
Citation
T. Pocs et al., BRYOPHYTE FLORA OF THE HUON PENINSULA, PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA .56. PRELIMINARY CONTRIBUTIONS ON LEJEUNEACEAE (HEPATICAE) .2., Annales botanici Fennici, 32(4), 1995, pp. 259-268
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Annales botanici Fennici → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033847
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
259 - 268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3847(1995)32:4<259:BFOTHP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Seventeen species of mainly epiphyllous Lejeuneaceae are reported from Western Melanesia (West Irian, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands). Fi ve of them are new to the flora of the region: Acantholejeunea spinist ipula (Herz.) Schust., Drepanolejeunea grandis Herz., Lejeunea dimorph a Kodama, Stenolejeunea dentata (Steph.) Pocs, comb. nov. (Drepanoleje unea dentata Steph.), and Stenolejeunea schiffneri (Herz.) Pocs, comb. nov. (Crossotolejeunea schiffneri Herz.); four are new to the Huon Pe ninsula and two to the Solomon Islands. The genus Acantholejeunea (Sch ust.) Schust, is newly reported for Western Melanesia. Vegetative prop agation by detaching specialized branches in Lejeunea dimorpha Kodama is reported.