Head of Botanical Collections, The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA
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Aphanolejeunea minima
Expert:
Anders Hagborg
Notes:
Associate, Botany Department, The Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA
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Aphanolejeunea minima
Expert:
Lars Söderström
Notes:
Professor, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Aphanolejeunea minima
Source(s):
Source:
ELPT (Marchantiophyta & Anthocerotophyta)
Acquired:
2018-02-20
Notes:
Early Land Plants Today. Söderström L, Hagborg A, von Konrat M (eds.) The Early Land Plants Today (ELPT) project aims to combine existing data on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution for liverworts and hornworts. The project is jointly coordinated by Prof. Lars Söderström (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway) and Anders Hagborg and Dr. Matt von Konrat (The Field Museum of Natural History, Illinois). http://www.elpt.org
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Aphanolejeunea minima
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Söderström, Lars, Anders Hagborg, Matt von Konrat, Sharon Bartholomew-Began, David Bell, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2016-01-29 / 2016-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
World Checklist of hornworts and liverworts
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
PhytoKeys, vol. 59
Page(s):
1-828
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1314-2003
Notes:
doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.59.6261
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Aphanolejeunea minima
Aphanolejeunea minima: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Aphanolejeunea minima: Comments
Comment:
This taxon was designated with a single star by Söderström et al. (2016), indicating "There are doubts about the value of the taxon. It can be that there are conflicting views without any substantial evidence in any direction, conflicting views with substantiating evidence supporting one or both positions, or evidence pointing towards synonymization but it is premature to do it."
Comment:
Söderström et al. (2016) note that 'Aphanolejeunea minima seems to be close to Cololejeunea gracilis based on the drawing in the original description, but the type specimen (not available for study) seems to be very fragmentary, having only reduced leaves, so its identity is uncertain (Pócs and Bernecker 2009)'