Studies in the Marchantiales (Hepaticae) from southern Africa. 7. The genus   Cryptomitrium  (Aytoniaceae) and  C. oreades  sp. nov.

S. M. Perold

doi:10.4102/abc.v24i2.764

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Studies in the Marchantiales (Hepaticae) from southern Africa. 7. The genus Cryptomitrium (Aytoniaceae) and C. oreades sp. nov.

S. M. Perold

Bothalia | Vol 24, No 2 | a764 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v24i2.764 | © 1994 Copyright Status: Not provided. Contact Holding Institution to verify copyright status. Rights Holder: South African National Biodiversity Institute
Submitted: 10 October 1994 | Published: 10 October 1994

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S. M. Perold, National Botanical Institute, South Africa

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Abstract

As far as is known, the rare genus Cryptomitrium is reported here for the first time lor the whole continent ot Africa with the description of a new species, C. oreades, from the mountain Kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa. The specimen, attributed to the genus Reboulia from southern Africa, was misidentified.

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Aytoniaceae; Cryptomitrium; C. arcades; Hepaticae; Lesotho; Marchantiales; Reboulia; Reboulioideae; taxonomy

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