Radula pallens (Sw.) Mont.

Gradstein, S. Robbert & Bernard, Elisabeth Lavocat, 2020, An evaluation of the endemic bryophyte flora of Guadeloupe, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (15), pp. 205-214 : 213

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2020v41a15
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8043265
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scientific name	Radula pallens (Sw.) Mont.
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Radula pallens (Sw.) Mont. View in CoL

Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale Botanique 71 (1839).

Radula subsimplex Steph. View in CoL , Hedwigia 23: 130 (1884); Castle (1959: 21, fig. 22); Yamada (1980: 254, fig. 9). — Type: Guadeloupe, without collector (holo-, G[G00043857]!, c. andr.). Further collection: Guadeloupe, “leg. Germain, misit Dr. l’Herminier” (G[G00112875!]), syn. nov.

Remarks

Radula pallens is a widespread neotropical species, that has been misunderstood in the past and was considered endemic to Jamaica (Gradstein in press). Radula subsimplex is a phenotype of R. pallens with lobule margins not sinuate. Several Caribbean species of Radula described by Castle (1959) in the section “ Dichotomae ”, such as R. obovata Castle and R. varilobula Castle , are probably further synonyms of R. pallens .