Biology:Lejeunea

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Short description: Genus of liverworts

Lejeunea
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Lejeunea cavifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Porellales
Family: Lejeuneaceae
Subfamily: Lejeuneoideae
Tribe: Lejeuneeae
Subtribe: Lejeuneinae
Genus: Lejeunea
Lib.
Type species
Lejeunea serpillifolia Lib.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Ptycholejeunea Amblyolejeunea
  • Ast Steph.
  • (Spruce) Steph. Stylolejeunea
  • Oryzolejeunea Sim
  • Eulejeunea (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust.
  • Stylolejuenea

Lejeunea is a genus of leafy liverworts in the Lejeuneaceae family.[1] The GBIF lists up to 592 species (as of October 2022), along with a worldwide distribution.[2] World Flora Online lists up to 531 species (as of July 2023).[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Marie-Anne Libert in Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. vol.6 on page 372 in 1820.[3]

The genus name of Lejeunea is in honour of Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune (1779–1858), who was a Belgian physician and botanist.[4]

Selected species

See List of Lejeunea species

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16910038 entry