Studies in the liverwort genus Fossombronia (Metzgeriales) from southern Africa. 6. New species from Lesotho, Swaziland and Mpumalanga and new records from Lesotho

Bothalia - African Biodiversity & Conservation

 
 
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Title Studies in the liverwort genus Fossombronia (Metzgeriales) from southern Africa. 6. New species from Lesotho, Swaziland and Mpumalanga and new records from Lesotho
 
Creator Perold, S. M.
 
Subject — Fossombronia; F. angulifolia; F. swaziensis; Hepaticae; Lesotho. Metzgenales; new records; new species; southern Africa; Swaziland
Description Two new species of Fossombronia are described: F. angulifolia Perold from Lesotho and F. swaziensis Perold from Swaziland and Mpumalanga. F. angulifolia is characterised by erect or semi-erect, 2-4-lobed, angular leaves, by mostly incompletely reticulate spores and by rather short elaters  F.  swaziensis can be recognised by large, rounded or sometimes shallowly notched leaves, which are rather stiff and bi- to multistratose basally, by quite large perigonial bracts in the male plants and by spores which have irregular areolae containing tubercular inclusions
 
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Date 1998-10-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
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Identifier 10.4102/abc.v28i2.633
 
Source Bothalia; Vol 28, No 2 (1998); 159-165 2311-9284 0006-8241
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 1998 S. M. Perold https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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