Lejeunea patriciae Schäfer-Verwimp (2001: 64)

Lee, Gaik Ee & Pócs, Tamás, 2018, Additions to the distribution of some Palaeotropic Lejeunea (Marchantiophyta) species, with the description of Lejeunea konratii sp. nov. from Fiji, Phytotaxa 349 (1), pp. 31-38 : 32-34

2. Lejeunea patriciae Schäfer-Verwimp (2001: 64) . Fig. 2

Australia (Queensland) is the third locality, where L. patriciae has been found growing. This species was previously recorded in Peninsular Malaysia (Lee 2013) and Indonesia (Schäfer-Verwimp 2006) and is readily recognized by its marginal rhizoids at the leaf apex (Schäfer-Verwimp 2001, Figs. 1A, B ; Lee 2013, Fig. 412). The disjunct range of this species is quite unexpected, however, another disjunct occurrence of a species in this locality of Queensland is known, e.g. the occurrence of Leptolejeunea amphiophthalma Zwickel (1933: 117) [Pócs & Streimann 2006, under the name of Leptolejeunea picta Herzog (1942: 430) ].

Specimen examined: Australia, Queensland: Main Coast range, Daintree River Nat. Park, Mossmann Gorge area 4–5 km W of Mossman town. 16°28’S, 145°19.5’E. At 110– 160 m. Epiphyllous in tropical lowland rainforest with many buttressed trees, 2 6 August 1999, Pócs & Streimann, 9986/AL (EGR). Habitat: Epiphytic in open, shaded areas. Illustrations: Schäfer-Verwimp (2001), Lee (2013). Range: Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia and northern Australia (Queensland *).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Vegetative propagules (cladia) of Lejeunea dimorpha. A. Habit (growing together with the epiphyllous moss, Ephemeropsis tjibodensis Goebel (1892: 116) in brown colour). B,C. Cladia with the erect, large underleaves, detached from the main stem. D,E. Specialized leaf lobe with numerous marginal rhizoids. F. New plantlets growing from the vegetative propagules. G. Vegetative propagule decayed. All figures and SEM micrographs from A. Damanhuri 11-370 (UKMB).

FIGURE 2. Distribution map of Lejeunea dimorpha, L. patriciae and L. sordida.