Marsupella stoloniformis

Bakalin, Vadim A., Fedosov, Vladimir E., Fedorova, Alina V. & Nguyen, Van Sinh, 2019, Integrative taxonomic revision of Marsupella (Gymnomitriaceae, Hepaticae) reveals neglected diversity in Pacific Asia, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (7), pp. 59-85 : 70

OF MARSUPELLA STOLONIFORMIS

Marsupella stoloniformis subsp. stoloniformis was recorded by Váňa et al. (2010) for the Indian subcontinent and Malesia whereas M. stoloniformis ssp. vermiformis R.M.Schust. was recorded from Eastern Asia, Malesia and Papuasia (unfortunately that voluminous revision never cites original sources for distributional data they provide, especially for poorly known taxa). The record from East Asia probably refers to China, since the only mention we were able to find in the literature is the one presented in Shaw et al. (2015) where they cite the accession of M. stoloniformis (no reference to subspecific status) from Yunnan. Our specimen from Jeju-do (Halla-san) corresponds well to the description (type cited at F, but not located, and therefore, was not studied) and regarding subsp. vermiformis is well distinct both in genetic and morphological terms from subsp. stoloniformis . This evidence required a re-evaluation of this taxon at the species level: