Leafy liverworts of Chapada das Mesas National Park: a floristic survey and checklist of the leafy liverworts of Maranhão state, Brazil Author Silva, Jainara Pereira Laboratório de Sistemática Vegetal, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, MA, Brazil Author Oliveira-da-Silva, Fúvio Rubens Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Botânica Tropical, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil • FROS: oliveira. fuvio @ gmail. com https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4871 - 6740 &): 479 - 495. https: // doi. org / 10.15560 / 17.2.479 Author Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil • ALIB: ilkiu-borges @ museu-goeldi. br https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1266 - 7211 Author Fernandes, Rozijane Santos Laboratório de Sistemática Vegetal, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, MA, Brazil text Check List 2021 2021-03-11 17 1 479 495 journal article 10.15560/17.1.479 1809-127X 5380155 ** Lejeunea controversa Gottsche Material examined. BRAZILMaranhão , município de Carolina , Parque Nacional Chapada das Mesas , Pedra Caída–Cachoeira Pedra Furada , rupícola; 07°03′S , 047°28′W ; alt. 200 m ; 7 Feb. 2020 ; JAS Silva 578; CCAA 2352 . Maranhão , município de Carolina , Parque Nacional Chapada das Mesas , Pedra Caída–Cachoeira Santuário, rupícola; 07°02′S , 047°26′W ; alt. 128 m ; 7 Feb. 2020 ; JAS Silva 554; CCAA 2358 . Identification. Plants dull green. Ventral merophyte of 2 cells wide. Leaves imbricate, ovate-oblong, apex rounded or acute to acuminate, margin entire to slightly crenate; median cells hexagonal, trigones large, cuticle strongly papillose. Lobules ovate, 1/5 lobe length, apical tooth short, straight to falcate. Underleaves distant to contiguous, bifid, ovate, 2‒3 × stem width, base cordate, apex narrowly triangular to acuminate ending of 2‒5 cells in a row, margin entire, plane. Perianth obovate, 5-keeled, keels with teeth, cilia and lacinia. Lejeunea controversa is mainly characterized by having the underleaves (2‒3 × stem width) with the apex narrowly triangular to acuminate (ending of 2‒5 cells in a row), a strongly papillose cuticle, and a 5-keeled perianth with teeth, cilia, and lacinia. Description and illustration. Gradstein and Ilkiu- Borges (2009: 97, fig. 60a–c).