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- Title
<italic>Reinerantha foliicola</italic>, a new genus and species of Lejeuneaceae subtribe Cololejeuneinae (Marchantiophyta) from Ecuador.
- Authors
Gradstein, S. Robbert; Zhu, Rui‐Liang; Shu, Lei; Pérez, Álvaro J.
- Abstract
Abstract: Cololejeuneinae is the largest subtribe of the liverwort family Lejeuneaceae and the crown group of the family. The species often grow on the surfaces of living leaves and twigs or in swiftly running waters and many of them possess neotenic gametophytes, considered an adaptation to these extreme habitats. We describe a new, epiphyllous genus and species in Cololejeuneinae from the Western Cordillera of Ecuador, <italic>Reinerantha foliicola</italic> Gradst. & R.L.Zhu. Analysis of combined molecular datasets with parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods revealed <italic>Reinerantha</italic> in a sister relationship to the large pantropical genus <italic>Diplasiolejeunea</italic>. <italic>Reinerantha</italic> differs from <italic>Diplasiolejeunea</italic> in leaf segmentation, epidermal wall thickening, stylus, male bracts and perianth keels, and is morphologically more similar to the genus <italic>Tuyamaella</italic>. In the molecular analysis, however, <italic>Reinerantha</italic> and <italic>Tuyamaella</italic> were resolved in different clades and not closely related. <italic>Tuyamaella</italic> is shown to be restricted to Asia; the report of <italic>Tuyamaella</italic> from South America (Peru) was erroneous and a case of mislabeling.
- Subjects
ECUADOR; LIVERWORTS; GAMETOPHYTES; HABITATS; BAYESIAN analysis
- Publication
Journal of Systematics & Evolution, 2018, Vol 56, Issue 1, p67
- ISSN
1674-4918
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jse.12293