Lejeunea

Lejeunea
Lejeunea cavifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

  1. ^ Lejeunea capensis Gott. (Hepaticae: Lejeuneaceae) Disjunct between South America and Africa
  2. ^ "Lejeunea Lib". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Lejeunea Lib". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.