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Caudalejeunea
Scientific Name: Caudalejeunea
Family: Lejeuneaceae
Category: Liverwort
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Caudalejeunea: A Genus of Liverworts
Caudalejeunea is a genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lejeuneaceae.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Genus: Caudalejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn.
- Family: Lejeuneaceae
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Hepatophyta (also referred to as Marchantiophyta)
- Class: Hepatopsida (also referred to as Jungermanniopsida)
- Order: Jungermanniales (or Porellales)
- Type Species: Caudalejeunea lehmanniana (Gottsche ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees) A. Evans.
- Synonyms/Alternative Names: Mentions of redirected species such as Caudalejeunea stephanii.
Distribution and Habitat
- Several species are found in Africa.
- Caudalejeunea grolleana is endemic to Madagascar. It has been found in two specific locations: Nossi-B Island and another unspecified locality. Its habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
- Caudalejeunea lehmanniana has been found in China, Africa, North and South America.
- Caudalejeunea tridentata has been described from Southwestern China.
Morphological Characteristics
- Caudalejeunea tridentata differs from other species mainly in its bulging trigones.
- Some species, such as Caudalejeunea cristiloba, have gemmiparous branches.
- Caudalejeunea grolleana was initially classified with some doubt due to the absence of gemmiparous branches.
- Mature perianths of Caudalejeunea yangambiensis have been described.
Genetic Information
- Caudalejeunea reniloba isolate FATOL246 NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1) gene sequence is available (complete cds mitochondrial 988 bp linear DNA KF852441.1).
Species within the Genus
This list may be incomplete, but includes:
- Caudalejeunea africana (Stephani) Stephani
- Caudalejeunea cristiloba (Steph.) comb. nov.
- Caudalejeunea dusenii
- Caudalejeunea fruticosa (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Stephani
- Caudalejeunea grolleana Gradst.
- Caudalejeunea lehmanniana (Gottsche) A. Evans
- Caudalejeunea madagassa
- Caudalejeunea pluriplicata
- Caudalejeunea recurvistipula (Gottsche) Schiffner (redirected from: Caudalejeunea stephanii)
- Caudalejeunea reniloba (Gott.) Steph.
- Caudalejeunea streimannii Gyarmati sp. n.
- Caudalejeunea tridentata
- Caudalejeunea tricarinata E. W. Jones
- Caudalejeunea yangambiensis (Vanden Berghen) E.W. Jones
Further Information
- The Plant List includes 24 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Caudalejeunea, with 7 accepted species names.
- Information available via Tropicos.
- Discover Life provides information about Caudalejeunea lehmanniana.
- Early Land Plants Today - Uniting Taxonomy, Nomenclature & Geography (ELPT) shows observations.