Lopholejeunea eulopha (Taylor) Steph.
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Authority
Gradstein, S. Robbert & Ilkiu-Borges, Anna L. 2009. Guide to the plants of Central French Guiana. Part 4. Liverworts and hornworts. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76 (4): i-iv + 1-140.
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Family
Lejeuneaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Plants ca. 1.5 mm wide, dark green to dark brown, irregularly branched. Leaf lobes ovate-oblong and slightly falcate, apex rounded, plane or recurved. Cells in midlobe 25-40 µm, trigones rather large, intermediate thickenings frequent. Lobules ovoid, occasionally re¬duced, when well-developed 1/4-2/5 of lobe length, inflated, flattened at apex only, without tooth; distal end of free margin acute, connected to lobe by only 1 cell. Underleaves contiguous to imbricate, broadly ovate to reniform, 3-10 times stem width, apex plane or recurved, bases cuneate or rounded, insertion line curved to arched (less than 0.1 mm deep). Autoicous. Female bracteoles ovate-suborbicular, apex short-bifid, margins plane or recurved, strongly toothed in upper 1/2. Perianths immersed to exserted, with keels 4-5-toothed to laciniate.
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Discussion
Lopholejeunea quelchii is a synonym of L. eulopha according to Zhu and Gradstein (2005).