Drepanolejeunea helenae Pócs (1997: 198)

Ah-Peng, Claudine, Bardat, Jacques, Pócs, Tamás, Söderström, Lars, Staménoff, Pierre & Strasberg, Dominique, 2012, Red List of liverworts and hornworts for Réunion (Mascarene archipelago), Phytotaxa 68 (1), pp. 1-23 : 11

19. Drepanolejeunea helenae Pócs (1997: 198)

Family:— Lejeuneaceae .

Distribution:— Endemic.

Habitat:— On Psidium cattleyanum trunk, known only from two localities, the type and a paratype specimen.

Threat:— Habitat destruction is the major threat as it is a very restricted endemic.

IUCN threat category:— CR[B2ab(iii)]

Specimens:— Two localities from Réunion: Basse Vallée, along trail GR2 (Saint-Philippe), on Psidium cattleyanum bush, 16.07.1996, 21°3’ S, 55°32,5 E, Kis & Vojtkó 9651CC ( EGR); Pócs 9651DH ( EGR, G, JE, PC, REU, MO, NY); le Grand Etang, W of Ste Anne, epiphyllous in remnants of tropical rainforest in the valley, 500-550 m, 21°5’ S, 55°39’ E, A. Vojtkó 9433/AN (microslide, EGR, Pócs 1997:203) .