Cheilolejeunea intertexta (Lindenb.) Steph.

Silva, Jainara Pereira, Oliveira-da-Silva, Fúvio Rubens, Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza & Fernandes, Rozijane Santos, 2021, Leafy liverworts of Chapada das Mesas National Park: a floristic survey and checklist of the leafy liverworts of Maranhão state, Brazil, Check List 17 (1), pp. 479-495 : 486

** Cheilolejeunea intertexta (Lindenb.) Steph.

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Material examined. BRAZIL • Maranhão, município de Carolina, Parque Nacional Chapada das Mesas, Rio Farinha , sobre troncos em decomposição próximo a cachoeira Buenos Aires; 06°56′S, 047°20′W; alt. 181 m; 11 Mar. 2017; JAS Silva 26; CCAA 1560 .

Identification. Plants autoicous, green. Ventral merophyte of 2 cells wide. Leaves imbricate, ovate, apex rounded, plane to slightly incurved, margins entire, dorsal and ventral margin curved; median cells isodiametric to elongate, trigones small, cuticle smooth. Lobules ovate, 1/3 leaf length, apical tooth short. Underleaves distant, bifid to 1/2 of length, ovate-orbicular, 2(−3) stem width, base rounded with insertion line arched, apex acute, margin entire. Gynoecia with one pycnolejeuneoid innovation. Perianth obovate, 5-keeled.

Description and illustration. Bastos and Yano (2005, as Cheilolejeunea paroica Mizut. ).

Figures

Figure 3. Leafy liverworts of the Chapada das Mesas National Park; A. Frullania intumescens; B. Frullania platicalyx; C. Frullania rio-janeirensis; D. Ceratolejeunea cubensis; E. Cheilolejeunea acutangula; F. Cheilolejeunea adnata var.adnata; G. Cheilolejeunea intertexta; H. Cheilolejeunea trifaria; I. Lejeunea juruana; J. Lejeunea quinqueumbonata; K. Metalejeunea cucullata; L. Zoopsidella integrifolia; M. Zoopsidella macella; N. Lophocolea bidentata; O. Plagiochila raddiana; P. Plagiochila simplex (Scale bar: A-B, F-G, P= 20 µm; C-D, H-O= 100 µm; E= 300 µm).