A NEW RECORD OF THE GENUS OTOLEJEUNEA (HEPATICAE, LEJEUNEACEAE) IN SUBTROPICAL CHINA

Otolejeunea Grolle & Tix. (Lejeuneaceae, Hepaticae) is a small paleotr opical genus. A total of 9 species including 1 in Australia, 5 in Asia , 2 in Madagascar and 1 in Brazil is known. Otolejeunea semperiana (Go ttsche ex Steph.) Grolle is reported here as a new generic record for the Chinese bryoflora. The previously known northernmost localities fo r the genus and species were Vietnam and the Philippines respectively. The locality recorded here for China, Shuhaijinshan (ca. 24 degrees 3 1'N, 117 degrees 21'E), is the northernmost for the genus Otolejeunea and O. semperiana and the first ones from subtropical regions. A descr iption and illustration of O. semperiana are provided, along with a di stribution map of both Otolejeunea and O. semperiana. The new combinat ion O. schnellii (Tix.) Zhu & So (Allorgella schnellii Tix.) is made.