Leptolejeunea is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Subclass: | Jungermanniidae |
| Order: | Lejeuneales |
| Family: | Lejeuneaceae Heinrichs & Schäf-Verw. |
| Genus: | Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Steph.[1] |
It has a cosmopolitan distribution mainly in the southern hemisphere.[2]
The genus name of Leptolejeunea is derived from lepton from the Greek λεπτός (meaning "small") and also Lejeunea which is in honour of Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune (1779–1858), who was a Belgian physician and botanist.[3] Lejeunea was the original genus of this type of liverworts published in 1820.
Species
editWorld Flora Online lists up to 47 species.[4] Although, 74 species are accepted by GBIF (as of July 2023):[2]
- Leptolejeunea aberrantia Horik.
- Leptolejeunea amphiophthalma Zwickel
- Leptolejeunea anophthalma Zwickel
- Leptolejeunea apiculata (Horik.) S.Hatt.
- Leptolejeunea arunachalensis Sudipa Das & D.K.Singh
- Leptolejeunea astrodea Mitt.
- Leptolejeunea astroidea (Mitt.) Steph.
- Leptolejeunea australis Steph.
- Leptolejeunea balansae Steph.
- Leptolejeunea balanse Stephani
- Leptolejeunea borneensis Herzog
- Leptolejeunea brasiliensis Bischl.
- Leptolejeunea convexistipa Bischl.
- Leptolejeunea cubensis Stephani
- Leptolejeunea curvatifolia Steph.
- Leptolejeunea dapitana Steph.
- Leptolejeunea denticulata Steph.
- Leptolejeunea dentistipula Steph.
- Leptolejeunea diversilobulata Bischl.
- Leptolejeunea dolabriformis Pearson
- Leptolejeunea elliptica (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Schiffn.
- Leptolejeunea emarginata (Horik.) S.Hatt.
- Leptolejeunea epiphylla (Mitt.) Steph.
- Leptolejeunea exocellata (Spruce) A.Evans
- Leptolejeunea foliicola Steph.
- Leptolejeunea foraminulosa Stephani
- Leptolejeunea hainanensis P.C.Chen
- Leptolejeunea integristipula Steph.
- Leptolejeunea jamaicensis R.M.Schust.
- Leptolejeunea lancifolia Steph.
- Leptolejeunea latifolia Herzog
- Leptolejeunea latilobula L.Shu, R.L.Zhu & Pócs
- Leptolejeunea lepinii Steph.
- Leptolejeunea ligulata Herzog
- Leptolejeunea maculata (Mitt.) Schiffn.
- Leptolejeunea mascarena Stephani
- Leptolejeunea massartiana Schiffn. ex Herzog
- Leptolejeunea micronesica Inoue & H.A.Mill.
- Leptolejeunea minima Herzog
- Leptolejeunea mirikana M.Dey & D.K.Singh
- Leptolejeunea mizoramensis Sushil K.Singh
- Leptolejeunea moniliata Steph.
- Leptolejeunea obfuscata (Spruce) Steph.
- Leptolejeunea papuliflora Stephani
- Leptolejeunea perforata (Schiffner) Schiffner
- Leptolejeunea punctata Herzog
- Leptolejeunea quintasii Stephani
- Leptolejeunea radiata Stephani
- Leptolejeunea radicosa (Nees ex Mont.) Grolle
- Leptolejeunea renneri Herzog
- Leptolejeunea repanda (Schiffner) Stephani
- Leptolejeunea revoluta P.C.Chen
- Leptolejeunea rhombifolia Stephani
- Leptolejeunea rosulans Steph.
- Leptolejeunea schiffneri (Steph. ex Schiffn.) Steph.
- Leptolejeunea serratifolia Schiffn.
- Leptolejeunea serrulata Herzog
- Leptolejeunea spathulifolia Stephani
- Leptolejeunea spinistipula (Mizut.) Xiao L.He
- Leptolejeunea stenophylla (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Schiffner
- Leptolejeunea subacuta Steph. ex A.Evans
- Leptolejeunea subdentata Schiffn. ex Herzog
- Leptolejeunea subrotundifolia Herzog
- Leptolejeunea thomeensis (Stephani) Stephani
- Leptolejeunea tridentata Bischl.
- Leptolejeunea trigonostipa (Spruce) Steph.
- Leptolejeunea tripuncta (Mitt.) Steph.
- Leptolejeunea truncatiflora Stephani
- Leptolejeunea truncatifolia Steph.
- Leptolejeunea udarii M.Dey & D.K.Singh
- Leptolejeunea vitrea (Nees) Schiffn.
- Leptolejeunea yangii M.J.Lai
- Leptolejeunea yunnanensis (P.C.Chen) R.M.Schust.
References
edit- ^ Hedwigia 30: 270. 1891.
- ^ a b "Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Steph". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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