Biology:Cololejeunea elegans

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Short description: Species of liverwort

Cololejeunea elegans
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Lejeuneaceae
Genus: Cololejeunea
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cololejeunea elegans
Steph.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacout. ex Steph. (Steph.) Prantl
  • (Lacout. ex Steph.) E.W. Jones Physocolea elegans
  • Lejeunea elegans (Steph.) Steph.
  • Physocolea xaveri Cololejeunea xaveri

Cololejeunea elegans is a species of liverworts in the family Lejeuneaceae.

Distribution and habitat

Cololejeunea elegans widely distributed in montane areas of tropical Africa,[3] including Cameroon, the Comoro Islands, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island and Rio Muni), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.[4]

References

  1. Franz Stephani: Hedwigia 30(5): 202, 208–209, pl. 27, f. 22–23, 1891
  2. "Cololejeunea elegans Steph.". http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001212670. 
  3. Müller, F.; Pócs, T. (2007). "A contribution to the knowledge of epiphyllous bryophytes of Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), including additional remarks on non-epiphyllous species". Journal of Bryology 29 (2): 94. doi:10.1179/174328207X186803. Bibcode2007JBryo..29...81M. 
  4. Wigginton, Martin J. (2018). "Checklist and distribution of the liverworts and hornworts of sub-Saharan Africa, including the East African Islands". Tropical Bryology Research Reports 9: 29. ISSN 1468-8158. https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Wigginton-M.-2018.-Checklist-of-the-liverworts-and-hornworts-of-sub-Saharan-Africa-edn.-4.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15332871 entry