Plagiochila bifaria (Sw.) Lindenb

Species Hepathicarum fasc. 5: 127 (1843).

Plagiochila desciscens Steph., Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 867 (1902); Stephani, Icones Ineditae 11701. — Basionym: Plagiochila guadalupensis Gottsche ex Steph. “var.”, non typus (synonym of P. stricta Lindenb.). — Type: Guadeloupe, l’Herminier s.n. (lecto-, designated here, G[G00128749!]; isolecto-, G[G00065517, G00048148]!), syn. nov.

Remarks

Plagiochila bifaria is common and variable species that is distributed throughout the Neotropics and, in addition, occurs in coastal areas of western Europe (e.g., Heinrichs et al. 2004). Plagiochila desciscens is a phenotype with distant, ovate-oblong leaves.