Brevianthus
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Ordo: Jungermanniales
Familia: Brevianthaceae
Name
Brevianthus J.J.Engel & R.M.Schust., Phytologia 47: 317. 1981. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type
Brevianthus flavus (Grolle) J.J.Engel & R.M.Schust., Phytologia 47: 318. 1981.
Key to species
Brevianthus flavus subsp. flavus | Brevianthus flavus subsp. crenulatus | Brevianthus hypocanthidium | |
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Leaf margin | Entire | Crenulate by bulging cell lumen | Crenulate by thickened cell walls |
Leaf marginal cells | Hyaline | Hyaline | Chlorophyllous |
Underleaves | Absent | Absent | Present on small and medium sized shoot sectors |
Leaf apex | Unlobed | Unlobed on large leaves, bifid on small leaves | Uniformly bifid |
Leaf shape | Ovate-oblate | Ovate-oblate | Ovate-rotund |
Leaf cell trigones | Triangular to bulging | Triangular to bulging | Block-like |
Leaf cell surface ornamentation | Urceolate papillae over cell junctions of at least medial and basal cells of some leaves on each shoot | Without urceolate papillae over cell junctions | Without urceolate papillae over cell junctions |
Taxon Treatment
- Renner, M; Engel, J; Patzak, S; Heinrichs, J; 2015: A new species of Brevianthus (Brevianthaceae, Marchantiophyta) from New Caledonia with unusual underleaf production PhytoKeys, (50): 43-60. doi