Lepidolejeunea novae-caledoniae (Piippo) R.L.Zhu & Frank Müll. 2016

Shu, Lei, Zhang, Li-Na, Promma, Chatchaba, Müller, Frank & Zhu, Rui-Liang, 2016, Lepidolejeunea novae-caledoniae (Piippo) R. L. Zhu & Frank Müll. (Marchantiophyta, Lejeuneaceae), stat. nov. from New Caledonia, Phytotaxa 253 (3), pp. 232-234 : 232

Lepidolejeunea novae-caledoniae (Piippo) R.L.Zhu & Frank Müll. , stat. nov.

≡ Lepidolejeunea bidentula var. novae-caledoniae Piippo, Acta Bot. Fenn. 132. 26. 1986 ( Piippo 1986). Type:— New Caledonia, Haute Ouine, 700 m, sol serpentineux, 1982, MacKee 40172/b (holotype JE!) .

Illustrations: Piippo (1986, p. 27, Fig. 6 as Lepidolejeunea bidentula var. novae-caledoniae ).

Notes:— Lepidolejeunea bidentula is the most polymorphic member in Lepidolejeunea , but can be readily separated from L. novae-caledoniae by the short apical tooth of the leaf lobule, the male bracteoles present only at the base of the androecium and ocelli almost as large as ordinary cells (larger than ordinary cells in L. novae-caledoniae ).

Further specimen examined: New Caledonia. Province Nord, Mont Panié, along the hiking trail from the street RPN3 to the summit, foliicolous in very humid rainforest, c. 900–1300 m, 14 September 2001, F. Müller NC19J, c. andr. (DR, HSNU).