<documentid="F65AA1462E46D607924D40D4134715FF"ID-DOI="10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.3"ID-ISSN="1179-3163"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13709060"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="GgImagineBatch"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1725593725236"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Lee, Gaik Ee & Pócs, Tamás"docDate="2018"docId="038887CC5719F709F59CF84BF9C7F89D"docLanguage="en"docName="phytotaxa.349.1.3.pdf"docOrigin="Phytotaxa 349 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.3"docStyle="DocumentStyle:96748F8F1B6C902996E134952A3A36B9.13:Phytotaxa.2014-.journal_article"docStyleId="96748F8F1B6C902996E134952A3A36B9"docStyleName="Phytotaxa.2014-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="13"docTitle="Lejeunea konratii G. E. Lee & Pocs 2018, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="2"lastPageNumber="36"masterDocId="FFB1FFB4571AF70CF514FFDFFD44FFC8"masterDocTitle="Additions to the distribution of some Palaeotropic Lejeunea (Marchantiophyta) species, with the description of Lejeunea konratii sp. nov. from Fiji"masterLastPageNumber="38"masterPageNumber="31"pageNumber="34"updateTime="1725605003000"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-figures="UNSPECIFIED"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:titleid="C13C93A11B68D5A8A8A98B9DB35C9D23">Additions to the distribution of some Palaeotropic Lejeunea (Marchantiophyta) species, with the description of Lejeunea konratii sp. nov. from Fiji</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="A236A8C860EB736510A9A2CA922DA92E">Gaik Ee Lee, School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. & University of Munich (LMU), Department of Biology I, Systematic Botany and Mycology, Geobio-Center, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="905A41927BD9FA2FD054CF453D6FF7D0">Tamás Pócs, Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Eszterházy Károly University, Pf. 43, H- 3301, Eger, Hungary.</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="131A2A5F5719F70FF791F849FF83F867"box="[645,711,1942,1967]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[136,229,1957,1978]"captionTargetBox="[195,1397,201,1921]"captionTargetId="figure-16@4.[178,1409,190,1932]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Lejeunea konratii G.E.Lee & Pócs. A,B. Leaves. C. Part of plant in ventral view with perianths. D. Median cells of leaf lobe. E,F,G. Upper part of leaf lobules when flattened (hyaline papillae shown in gray). H. Cross-section of stem. N,O. Underleaves. I,M. Perianths in ventral view. J,K. Stem portion and leaf lobules. L. Perianth with bracts and bracteole. All figures drawn from the holotype, S. & T.Pócs 03273/R (EGR)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13709068"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13709068/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="34">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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edge of Rairaimatuku plateau, above Naqelewai village,
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.Pócs 03273/
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of plant in ventral view with perianths. D. Median cells of leaf lobe. E,F,G. Upper part of leaf lobules when flattened (hyaline papillae shown in gray). H. Cross-section of stem. N,O. Underleaves. I,M. Perianths in ventral view. J,K. Stem portion and leaf lobules. L. Perianth with bracts and bracteole. All figures drawn from the holotype,
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0.6–1.0 mm (when flattened), suborbicular; leaf apex broadly rounded, flat to slightly recurved; leaf margin entire; the ventral margin forming an angle of
to the stem, ovate, inflated along the keel; apex obliquely truncate; keel curved; free margin incurved fully; first tooth 25–50 μm long, (1)–2 cells long, oblong, erect, apex obtuse, second tooth reduced; margin between tooth and sinus 3–4 cells long, large rectangular disc cell (cell below the apical tooth) present, 25–35
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, to 4–5 times wider than the stem, distant, reniform to wider than long; covering 1/2 of the leaf lobules; bilobed, lobes to 1/2 of underleaf length, about 15–20 cells wide, triangular, oblique; sinus narrow to broad, obtuse, U-shaped; tips obtuse; underleaf margin entire; two large basal underleaf cells differentiated; base ± auriculate, insertion line curved.
on short lateral branches, female bracts loosely arranged, with one lejeuneaoid innovation, with 1–2 gynoecia in a row. Female bracts slightly smaller than vegetative leaves, erect-spreading when moist. Lobes 0.4–0.5
, 1/2 of the perianth length, ovate with tips acute, lobes to 1/2 of female bracteole length, distant to overlapping, sinus narrow, acute, margin entire. Perianths 0.7–1.0
, emergent to 1/2 of the perianth length, obovoid, with 5 auriculate keels, the keels undulate and expanded above as auricles, 2-winged, entire (without teeth or lacinia); beak 3 cells long; stalk-like elongation of the perianth base lacking.
The species is named in honor of Dr. Matthew J. von Konrat, renown hepaticologist, Head of Botanical Collections in the Field Museum (F), Chicago and organizer of the
are 1) robust stem with 16–24 epidermal cells, 2) ventral merophyte 4–8 cells wide, 3) the (1)–2 cells long first tooth of leaf lobules, and 4) the 2-winged, auriculate and undulate keels of perianth. The reniform underleaves 4–5 times wider than stem, the smooth cuticle, and the leaf cells without well-developed trigones and intermediate thickenings are also characteristic of
, however the latter has an almost obsolete lobular tooth. All similar species have only two ventral merophytes. The pluricellular first tooth character seems to be variable in the
<figureCitationid="131A2A5F571FF709F5E4F9C3FC71F9FD"box="[240,309,1564,1589]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[136,229,1957,1978]"captionTargetBox="[195,1397,201,1921]"captionTargetId="figure-16@4.[178,1409,190,1932]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Lejeunea konratii G.E.Lee & Pócs. A,B. Leaves. C. Part of plant in ventral view with perianths. D. Median cells of leaf lobe. E,F,G. Upper part of leaf lobules when flattened (hyaline papillae shown in gray). H. Cross-section of stem. N,O. Underleaves. I,M. Perianths in ventral view. J,K. Stem portion and leaf lobules. L. Perianth with bracts and bracteole. All figures drawn from the holotype, S. & T.Pócs 03273/R (EGR)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13709068"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13709068/files/figure.png"pageId="5"pageNumber="36">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
: E,F,G), where the first lobule tooth which is 1 or 2 cells long may be found on a single shoot and only robust individuals have 2 cells. This phenomenon is also observed in
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