Ceratolejeunea temnantha (Spruce) M.E.Reiner (2011)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lejeunea temnantha Spruce (1885); Potamolejeunea temnantha (Spruce) Steph. (1914:640)
Conservation Status
Last record: type material collected prior to scientific description (Spruce, 1884-1885; Sierra et al., 2018)
Rediscovered on 16 December 2017 (Sierra et al., 2018)
It has been found to be "locally abundant" within a limited area (Sierra et al., 2018).
Distribution
Brazil
Type locality: São Gabriel, Rio Negro, Amazonia (Reiner-Drehwald, 2011)
Biology & Ecology
It is a rheophyte (i.e. lives in fast moving water) (Sierra et al., 2018).
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Spruce, R. M. (1884-1885). Hepaticae Amazonicae et Andinae. Transactions & Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 15: i-xi, 1-588.
Other references:
Bastos, C. J. P. (2017) O gênero Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Steph. (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) nas Américas. Pesquisas, Botânica 70: 5-78.
Reiner-Drehwald, M. Elena. (2000). On Potamolejeunea and Neopotamolejeunea gen. nov. (Lejeuneaceae, Hepaticae). Nova Hedwigia 71: 447-464.
Reiner-Drehwald, M. Elena. (2011). Studies on Neotropical Lejeuneaceae (Jungermanniopsida). New Synonyms and Ceratolejeunea temnantha (Spruce) comb. nov. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 32(2): 95-100. https://doi.org/10.7872/cryb.v32.iss1.2011.095
Sierra, Adriel M. et al. (2018). Divergence time analyses suggest a Miocene origin of the narrow Amazonian endemic rheophytic Ceratolejeunea temnantha (Spruce) Reiner-Drehwald (Porellales, Lejeuneaceae). Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 40(2): 55-67. https://doi.org/10.11646/bde.40.2.4
Söderström, Lars et al. (2016). World checklist of hornworts and liverworts. PhytoKeys 59: 1-828. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261
Stephani, F. (1912-1917). Species hepaticarum. Genève Bâle, Lyon: Georg & Cie, vol. 5. 1044 pp.