Lethocolea indica G. Asthana & Maurya

Gradstein, S. Robbert, Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza, Cargill, D. Christine, Beckmann, Karen & Vanderpoorten, Alain, 2024, An integrative taxonomic study of the genus Lethocolea (Marchantiophyta: Acrobolbaceae), Plant Ecology and Evolution 157 (3), pp. 375-398 : 375-398

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5091/plecevo.126936
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13909937
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scientific name	Lethocolea indica G. Asthana & Maurya
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Lethocolea indica G. Asthana & Maurya View in CoL ( Asthana and Maurya 2014)

Type.

India – Western Himalaya • Uttarakhand, Pauri ( Garhwal hills ); 30°08.462’N, 78°46.920’E; ca 1788 m; 23 Oct. 2010; Asthana et al. 20985 / 10; holotype: LWU not seen GoogleMaps • Uttarakhand, Almora (Kumaonhills), 1 km before Petsal ; 29°37.1440’N, 79°43.2690’E; ca 1346 m; 23 Mar. 2011; Maurya 21581 / 11; paratype: LWU not seen GoogleMaps .

Notes.

Lethocolea indica is only known from the holotype and paratype. The type material, which was not received on loan, was apparently a mixture of Lethocolea and Jackiella ( Jackiellaceae ) as is indicated by the illustrations of the holotype ( Asthana and Maurya 2014: figs 1, 2). The depicted disciform gemmae are typically those of Lethocolea , although the presence of both broadly winged and wingless ones ( Asthana and Maurya 2014: figs 1-16, 2 - C) is atypical. The portions of plants shown in dorsal and lateral view do not represent Lethocolea and apparently belong to Jackiella by the dorsal leaf insertions not reaching the dorsal midline of stem ( Asthana and Maurya 2014: fig. 1-1) and the androecia on short ventral or ventro-lateral branches ( Asthana and Maurya 2014: figs 1-2, 1-3).

Excluded names

Lethocolea amplexifolia (Lehm.) Grolle = Solenostoma amplexifolium (Lehm.) Váňa & Schäf. - Verw. ( Schäfer-Verwimp and Pócs 2009).

Lethocolea concinna (Mitt.) Bastow ( Symphyomitra concinna (Mitt.) Steph. ) = Acrobolbus concinnus (Mitt.) Grolle ( Grolle 1965).

Lethocolea grandifolia Berggr. = Solenostoma hodgsoniae J. J. Engel ( Engel and Glenny 2008).

Lethocolea repens S. Winkl. =? Gongylanthus liebmannianus (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Steph. ( Gradstein 2021).

Symphyomitra weymouthii Pearson = Acrobolbus concinnus (Mitt.) Grolle ( Grolle 1965).