Frullania brasiliensis Raddi

Crittogame Brasiliane 12 (1822).

Frullania guadalupensis Steph. (“Gottsche ex Steph.”), Species Hepaticarum 4: 496 (1911). — Type: Guadeloupe, l’Herminier s.n.

(lecto-, G[G00120036!], c. gyn. juv.; isolecto-, G[G00262943!], PC[PC0102248!]), syn. nov.

Remarks

Frullania guadelupensis has been reported from Brazil (Stotler 1969) and Colombia (Van Reenen et al. 1984; Vasco et al. 2002), hence is not endemic to Guadeloupe. Although mature perianths are lacking in the type material, the large plant size, the recurved, apiculate leaf tips, the narrowly recurved underleaf margins and the subentire female involucres indicate that the plants belong to the common F. brasiliensis . The latter species is widespread in the Neotropics (e.g., Stotler 1969; Gradstein & Costa 2003).