Myriocoleopsis minutissima (Sm.) R.L.Zhu, Y.Yu & Pócs 2014

Yu, Ying, Pócs, Tamás & Zhu, Rui-Liang, 2014, Notes on Early Land Plants Today. 62. A synopsis of Myriocoleopsis (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) with special reference to transfer of Cololejeunea minutissima to Myriocoleopsis, Phytotaxa 183 (4), pp. 293-297 : 293-294

Myriocoleopsis minutissima (Sm.) R.L.Zhu, Y.Yu & Pócs , comb. nov.

Basionym: — Jungermannia minutissima Sm. in Sowerby, Engler. Bot.: 1633, 1806 ( Smith 1806).

Type: — U.K. Hampshire, New Forest , on holly and beech, 1806, C . Lyell s.n. (holotype: LINN) .

≡ Lejeunea minutissima (Sm.) Spreng., Syst. Nat. 4(1): 234, 1827 ( Sprengel 1827) ≡ Cololejeunea minutissima (Sm.) Steph., Bot. Gaz. 17: 171, 1892 ( Stephani 1892) ≡ Physocolea minutissima (Sm.) Steph., Sp. Hepat. 5: 914, 1916 ( Stephani 1916) ≡ Aphanolejeunea minutissima (Sm.) Horik., J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ. Ser. B, Div. 2: 283, 1934 ( Horikawa 1934).

= Physocolea orbiculata Herzog in Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 5: 56, 1930 ( Herzog 1930). Type: — CHINA. Yunnan. Rinde von Sohoepfia jasminodora in Schattigen Gräben der wtp st. Im Kateleeria-Walde beim Tempel Djindien-se nächst Yünnanfu. 2050 m, H. Handel- Mazzetti 13067 (holotype: W) .

For further synonyms, see Mizutani (1961), Schuster (1980) and Thiers (1988).

Illustrations (selective): — Mizutani (1961 as Cololejeunea minutissima , p. 256, fig. XXXII-25-33), Schuster (1980 as C. minutissima ssp. minutissima , p. 1250, fig. 758 (1–5)), Zhu (1995 as Cololejeunea minutissima , p. 93, fig. 7).

Range: — widespread.

Representative specimens examined: — AUSTRALIA. Northern Territory, Coastal Plain, Howard Springs Nature Park, 25km ESE of Darwin, 12°27.8’N, 131°04’E,on twigs, 10–20m, S.& T.Pócs 01034/A (EGR). NEW CALEDONIA. Dumbea, maquis sur sol serpentineux corticole, 50 m, 1 August 1986, Mac Kee 43205 (PC). CHINA. Hainan: Haikou, Crater Park, on trunk of Ficus , 130 m, 25 March 2011, L.-N. Zhang H-008 (HSNU); Hubei: Shennongjia Nature Reserve, 31°32’175”N, 110°20’035”, 1734 m, 31 July 2011, J. Wang 20110731-1 (HSNU); Yunnan: Gongshan, Maji countryside, Dashiluo, epiphyllous, 22 September 2010, Y. Yu 20100922-11 (HSNU); Xishuangbanna, Banhe, Naban Primary School, on tea branches, 750 m, T. Cao & G.-Y. Song 060330A (HSNU). ECUADOR. Imbabura, Laguna Cuicocha bei Cotacachi, lückige Strauchvegetation am Gratweg auf dem östlichen Kraterrand, an Strauch, 3200 m, 23 August 2004, A. Schäfer-Verwimp et al. 24473 (GOET). FRANCE. Angers, Maine-et-Loire, sur un tronc de tilleul, on tree bark, 1892, no collector (NY). JAPAN. Kiushiu, Hyuge, Obi, 20 m, on the branches of Rhododendron , April 1950, S. Hattori s.n. (NY as Cololejeunea orbiculata ). PORTUGAL. Estremadura: Caldas da Rainha, Parque das Temas, 26 January 2013, C. Sérgio 26.01.2013 (HSNU). THAILAND. Phang Nga, Ao Phang Nga National, in the Phang Nga Bay, 08°24’22.13’’N, 98°30’27.71’’E, on decaying branches, 0–2 m, 28 January 2007, S. & T. Pócs 07010/A (EGR); Chiang Mai, Doi Luang Chiang Dao, camping area, on tree trunk, 19°39’247”N, 99°89’034”E, 2012 m, 19 December 2011, R.-L. Zhu 20111219-20C (HSNU). SAMOA. Without detailed collection data. (NY). SPAIN. La Palma, No-Abhang oberhalb Las Lomadas, am Weg zur Casa Dei Monte, Erica arborea vegetation und Laurisilva, an totem Baum, sonnig, 840 m, 28 March 2005, Schäfer-Verwimp & Verwimp 24798 (GOET). U.K. Wales: Carmarthenshire, Las Fach Lane, on tree trunk by road, 140 m, 13 March 2013, S. Bosanquet SN251118 (HSNU). U.S.A. Florida: Volusia County, 1988, W. Buck 16849 (NY). VENEZUELA. Edo Bolivar, Municipio Gran Sabana, Estación Scientífica Parupa, 05°40.36’N, 61°32.7’W, on the barks, 4 December 2000, T. Pócs & M. S. Ussher 00221/B (EGR). YEMEN. Governorate Al Mahra, Jebel Fartak, Ras Fartak NE Khadifud, 15º39′N, 52º12′E, 780 m, epiphytic on Acokanthera schimperi , 10 October 2001, H. Kürschner 01-1415 p.p. (GOET).