Synopsis of the species of Cheilolejeunea (Marchantiophyta, Lejeuneaceae) in the Pacific dominion and Páramo province of tropical America
Author
Gil-Novoa, Jorge Enrique
Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, Horto, 2040, 22460 - 080, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. & Grupo Sistemática Biológica, Herbario UPTC, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia.
Author
Costa, Denise Pinheiro
0000-0001-9495-3029
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - IPJBRJ, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, 22460 - 030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. denisepinheirodacosta @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9495 - 3029
denisepinheirodacosta@gmail.com
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Phytotaxa
2023
2023-03-14
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73
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Cheilolejeunea revoluta
(Herzog) Gradstein & Grolle
(
in
Gradstein
et al.
1993: 59
).—
Pycnolejeunea revoluta
Herzog (1955: 193)
.
Type
:—
COLOMBIA
.
Santander
:
Vicin. of Charta
,
2000-2600 m
,
1–11 February 1927
,
E
.
P
. Killip 18944
(
holotype
JE
, isotype B-300025994
, G).—
Fig. 14Z
–FF.
Plants grayish to yellowish green, robust,
1.1–2 mm
wide. Stems in cross section 120–300 µm in diameter, 15–18 epidermal cells, 25–48 × 15–30 µm; 29–42 medullary cells, 12–36 × 7–26 µm. Ventral merophytes (5–)6–8 cells wide. Leaves imbricate, orbicular, flat to slightly recurved at the apex, 0.78–1.2 ×
0.7–1.1 mm
, margin entire, apex rounded to slightly apiculate; cells mammillose on the dorsal side, conspicuous trigones; basal cells 23–42 × 14–34 µm, median cells 22–40 × 19–29 µm, marginal cells 15–23 × 9–23 µm. Lobules triangular to rectangular, 1/6–1/4 of leaf length, apical tooth acute, formed by a long cell 12 × 24 µm, free margin involute, keel straight. Underleaves imbricate, reniform, 360–580 × 620–900 µm, 3–5 × stem width, bifid to 1/6–1/5, with a sinus small, margin revolute, insertion in U-shaped. Dioicous. Androecia intercalary (?) on the principal stem or branches, 3–6 pairs of bracts. Gynoecia on short branches, with 1–2 pycnolejeuneoid innovations, bracts ovate, 1300 × 850 µm, apex acute, bracts lobule 500–160 µm, bracteole obcordate, 920–950 µm, bifid to 1/4. Perianth with 5 strong keels, beak short. Vegetative reproduction unknown.
Distribution and habitat
:—Neotropical, occurring in
Costa Rica
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
,
Ecuador
, and
Brazil
(
Bastos 2017
, N̂ske
et al
. 2003). This species grows on tree trunks and in tree canopies as well as on rocks in the study area, in the interior and at the edges of lower montane rainforests, between
700–2650 m
(Gradstein 2021), in the Guatuso-Talamanca, Puntarenas-Chiriquí, and Magdalena provinces of the Pacific dominion. The record of
C. revoluta
occurring in Páramo (
Fig. 16
), actually belongs to the Cauca province.
Notes:
—The species is characterized by plants robust (
1.1–2 mm
wide), grayish, ventral merophyte 6–8 cells wide, and underleaves reniform, shortly bifid, with revolute apical margin.
Specimens examined
:—
BRAZIL
.
Minas Gerais
:
Morro do Pilar
,
19°14’49”S
,
43°30’36”W
,
1246 m
,
27 July 2011
,
Costa
5296
(
RB
)
.
COLOMBIA
.
Santander
:
El Hato
,
6°36’10.5”N
,
73°21’38,1”W
,
2268 m
,
25 August 2017
,
Cuta
145, 507
(
UPTC
)
.
COSTA RICA
.
Puntarenas
:
Fila Tigra
,
8°56’50”N
,
82°5’30”W
,
1100 m
,
Dauphin
&
Chacón
1990
(
INB
)
.
VENEZUELA
.
Bolivar
:
Cerro Guaiaquinima
,
4°54’N
,
63°27’W
,
1250 m
, 8
Frebruary
1990,
Sipman
26763
(
VEN
)
.