Anastrophyllum ellipticum Inoue

Majumdar, Shuvadeep & Long, David, 2020, Two new synonyms and extended distribution of Anastrophyllum ellipticum Inoue (Anastrophyllaceae: Marchantiophyta), Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (4), pp. 49-53 : 52

Anastrophyllum ellipticum Inoue

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, B. Botany 4: 13 (1978). — Sphenolobus ellipticus (Inoue) T.Katag. & Furuki, Bryological Research 10 (7): 206 (2012). — Type: Japan, Gongen Peak, Mts. Yatsu, Nagano Pref., 2300 m, 03.IX.1977, S. Ono s.n. (holo-, TNS[TNS-42220]!).

Anastrophyllum lignicola D.B. Schill & D.G. Long, Annales Botanici Fennici 39: 130 (2002); syn. nov. — Type: China, Yunnan Province, Diqing [Dêqên] Prefecture, Zhongdian [Shangri-La] County, forested ridge above Na Pa Hai, N of Zhongdian, 27°55’N, 99°34’E, 3920 m, 12.VI.1993, D.G. Long 24249 (holo-, E!; iso-,H!, JE!, KUN!)

Anastrophyllum minutum var. himalayanum S.Srivast., S.C. Srivast. & K.K. Rawat , Nelumbo 55: 126 (2013); syn. nov. — Type: India, Uttarakhand, Chamoli, Ghangharia, 22.V.1980, S.C. Srivastava, D. Kumar & D.K. Singh 4325/80 (holo-, LWU!).

REVISED DISTRIBUTION. — Figure 2 illustrates the updated distribution of Anastrophyllum ellipticum based on herbarium specimens studied by us with the addition of the literature record from Russia from Mamontov & Vilnet (2013). The following two Chinese specimens are additional to those previously published:

China. Sichuan Province, Litang County, between Lamaya and Zhangna villages, SW of Litang, 62 km post, 29°51’51.6”N, 99°53’35.4”E, Abies forest on valley slope, on rotten Abies log, 4049 m, 4.IX.2010, D. G. Long 39864 ( E); Yunnan Province, Yulong County, Yulongxue Shan, Xie Ren Ji valley above Mu Zhou Go valley, steep limestone valley with scree and degraded Abies forest, on log under Abies , 3505 m, 12.X.1990, D. G. Long 19104 ( E).

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FIG. 2. — Distribution of Anastrophyllum ellipticum Inoue, based on herbarium and literature records.