Conoscyphus trapezioides (Sande Lac.) Mitt. ex Schiffn.

Conspectus Hepaticarum Archipelagi Indici 125 (Schiffner 1898). — Chiloscyphus trapezoides Sande-Lac., Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief. Verslangen en Mededelingen der Nederlandsche Botanische Vereeniging 3: 417 (Sande Lacoste 1855).

Type: Java. s. dat., Junghuhn s.n., not seen.

SPECIMEN EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. South Province, near Sunshine Mine, on trunk in rain forest, 700 m, 15.III.1951, Hürlimann 2426 (G).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Known from a few collections in South Province where it grows on barks in rain forests (collected from 700 to 950 m).

TOTAL RANGE. — Paleotropical: Africa, Indomalaya, Melanesia, South Pacific.

DESCRIPTION AND ILLUSTRATIONS

See Piippo (1985).