Acrolejeunea recurvata Gradstein (1975: 79)

Majumdar, Shuvadeep & Dey, Monalisa, 2017, Acrolejeunea meghalayensis, a new synonym of Acrolejeunea recurvata (Lejeuneaceae: Marchantiophyta), Phytotaxa 328 (1), pp. 95-98 : 97

Acrolejeunea recurvata Gradstein (1975: 79) .

TYPE:— Thailand, Nakhon Sawan, “near Karen village of Sop Aep”, 15 December 1965, A.Touw 9464 (holotype L!)

= Acrolelejeunea meghalayensis ( Singh & Nath 2008: 2) Wang et al. (2014: 39) syn. nov.

TYPE:— INDIA. Meghalaya: East Khasi Hills, Nongstoin, Mawkadiang , 17 July 2000, A. P. Singh 208657- B (holotype LWG!; ibid., A. P. Singh 208658- A (paratype LWG!).

Distribution:— India [(Meghalaya-present study), West Bengal], Laos, Thailand ( Gradstein 1975).

Further specimens examined:— INDIA. West Bengal: between Darjeeling and Teesta Bridge, Darjeeling area , 2500 ft., 15 April 1965, Z. Iwatsuki, A. J. & E. Sharp 7802 ( NICH) . LAOS. 2 km east of Mr. Hase’s farm, ca. 20 km northeast of Phongsavanh, or south of Ban Hang , 1000 m, 3 January 1958, T. Tuyama s.n. ( NICH) . THAILAND. Payap, Mt. Doi Chiengdao , 1500–1550 m, 98 55 E 19 25 N, 6 December 1965, A. Touw 9087 ( L) ; Nakhon Sawan, “near Karen village of Sop Aep ”, 780–820 m, 98 35 E 18 30 N, 15 December 1965, A. Touw 9468 ( L) ; Phitsanulok, So Pek waterfall, 7 km w.o. the forest station at Tung Salaeng Luang , 450 m, 22 July 1966, K. Larsen et al. 752 ( NICH) ; Udawn, near Ban Na Luang , 370 m, 101 25 E 17 25 N, 6 January 1966, A. Touw 10372 ( L) ; Khong Chiam, nature trail (behind camping area), Pha Taem National Park , 240 m, 13 December 2008, S. Kornochalert 930 ( L) .

Note: In the text of the protologue the type locality of T. meghalayensis is erroneously cited as being located in “East Khasi Hills”. However, the locality is actually located in the West Khasi Hills, as clearly shown in Fig. 12 in the original publication.