Colura pluridentata Jovet-Ast

Singh, Sushil Kumar, Pócs, Tamás, Singh, Devendra & Kumar, Shashi, 2020, A synopsis of Colura (Dumort.) Dumort. (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) in India, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (10), pp. 111-129 : 120

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https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2020v41a10

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12215390

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scientific name

Colura pluridentata Jovet-Ast
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Colura pluridentata Jovet-Ast View in CoL ( Figs 6 A-V; 8G)

Revue bryologique et lichénologique 22: 265 (1953).

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — India. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, East-West Road, 12 km from Campbell Bay, c. 176 m, 06°59’53”N, 93°52’56”E, 06.IV.2013, C. Murugan 61507E (CAL).

HABITAT. — Foliicolous, growing in association with Caudalejeunea recurvistipula , Cheilolejeunea serpentina , C. trapezia , Lejeunea tuberculosa , Leptolejeunea epiphylla , L. maculata , Lopholejeunea subfusca Microlejeunea punctiformis , in moist and shady condition at elevation c. 200 m a.s.l.

DISTRIBUTION. — India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( Singh et al. 2016)], Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Africa ( Seychelles) ( Jovet-Ast 1953; Pócs & Eggers 2007; Wigginton 2009; Pócs 2013).

DESCRIPTION

Plants

Light green when fresh, yellowish brown in herbarium; shoot 6-10 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm wide including leaves; sparsely branched, branching irregular.

JOVET-AST S. 1953. - Legenre Colura: Hepatiques, Lejeuneaceae, Diplasieae. Revue bryologique et lichenologique 22: 206 - 312.

POCS T. & EGGERS J. 2007. - Bryophytes from the Fiji Islands, II. An account of the genus Colura, with a description of C. vitiensis sp. nov. Polish Botanical Journal 52 (2): 81 - 92.

SINGH D. K., SINGH S. K. & SINGH D. 2016. - Liverworts and Hornworts of India: an Annotated Checklist. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata, 439 p.

WIGGINTON M. J. 2009. - Checklist and distribution of the liverworts and hornworts of subSaharan Africa, including the East African Islands. Tropical Bryology Research Report 8: 1 - 116.