Leptolejeunea

Leptolejeunea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Marchantiophyta
Class:	Jungermanniopsida
Subclass:	Jungermanniidae
Order:	Lejeuneales
Family:	Lejeuneaceae ; Heinrichs & Schäf-Verw.
Genus:	Leptolejeunea ; (Spruce) Steph.

Last updated October 03, 2025

Leptolejeunea is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.

It has a cosmopolitan distribution mainly in the Southern Hemisphere.^[2]

The genus name of Leptolejeunea is derived from lepton from the Greek λεπτός (meaning "small") and also Lejeunea which is in honour of Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune (1779–1858), who was a Belgian physician and botanist.^[3] Lejeunea was the original genus of this type of liverworts published in 1820.

Species

World Flora Online lists up to 47 species.^[4] Although, 74 species are accepted by GBIF (as of July 2023):^[2]

Leptolejeunea aberrantia Horik.
Leptolejeunea amphiophthalma Zwickel
Leptolejeunea anophthalma Zwickel
Leptolejeunea apiculata (Horik.) S.Hatt.
Leptolejeunea arunachalensis Sudipa Das & D.K.Singh
Leptolejeunea astrodea Mitt.
Leptolejeunea astroidea (Mitt.) Steph.
Leptolejeunea australis Steph.
Leptolejeunea balansae Steph.
Leptolejeunea balanse Stephani
Leptolejeunea borneensis Herzog
Leptolejeunea brasiliensis Bischl.
Leptolejeunea convexistipa Bischl.
Leptolejeunea cubensis Stephani
Leptolejeunea curvatifolia Steph.
Leptolejeunea dapitana Steph.
Leptolejeunea denticulata Steph.
Leptolejeunea dentistipula Steph.
Leptolejeunea diversilobulata Bischl.
Leptolejeunea dolabriformis Pearson
Leptolejeunea elliptica (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Schiffn.
Leptolejeunea emarginata (Horik.) S.Hatt.
Leptolejeunea epiphylla (Mitt.) Steph.
Leptolejeunea exocellata (Spruce) A.Evans
Leptolejeunea foliicola Steph.
Leptolejeunea foraminulosa Stephani
Leptolejeunea hainanensis P.C.Chen
Leptolejeunea integristipula Steph.
Leptolejeunea jamaicensis R.M.Schust.
Leptolejeunea lancifolia Steph.
Leptolejeunea latifolia Herzog
Leptolejeunea latilobula L.Shu, R.L.Zhu & Pócs
Leptolejeunea lepinii Steph.
Leptolejeunea ligulata Herzog
Leptolejeunea maculata (Mitt.) Schiffn.
Leptolejeunea mascarena Stephani
Leptolejeunea massartiana Schiffn. ex Herzog
Leptolejeunea micronesica Inoue & H.A.Mill.
Leptolejeunea minima Herzog
Leptolejeunea mirikana M.Dey & D.K.Singh
Leptolejeunea mizoramensis Sushil K.Singh
Leptolejeunea moniliata Steph.
Leptolejeunea obfuscata (Spruce) Steph.
Leptolejeunea papuliflora Stephani
Leptolejeunea perforata (Schiffner) Schiffner
Leptolejeunea punctata Herzog
Leptolejeunea quintasii Stephani
Leptolejeunea radiata Stephani
Leptolejeunea radicosa (Nees ex Mont.) Grolle
Leptolejeunea renneri Herzog
Leptolejeunea repanda (Schiffner) Stephani
Leptolejeunea revoluta P.C.Chen
Leptolejeunea rhombifolia Stephani
Leptolejeunea rosulans Steph.
Leptolejeunea schiffneri (Steph. ex Schiffn.) Steph.
Leptolejeunea serratifolia Schiffn.
Leptolejeunea serrulata Herzog
Leptolejeunea spathulifolia Stephani
Leptolejeunea spinistipula (Mizut.) Xiao L.He
Leptolejeunea stenophylla (Lindenb. & Gottsche) Schiffner
Leptolejeunea subacuta Steph. ex A.Evans
Leptolejeunea subdentata Schiffn. ex Herzog
Leptolejeunea subrotundifolia Herzog
Leptolejeunea thomeensis (Stephani) Stephani
Leptolejeunea tridentata Bischl.
Leptolejeunea trigonostipa (Spruce) Steph.
Leptolejeunea tripuncta (Mitt.) Steph.
Leptolejeunea truncatiflora Stephani
Leptolejeunea truncatifolia Steph.
Leptolejeunea udarii M.Dey & D.K.Singh
Leptolejeunea vitrea (Nees) Schiffn.
Leptolejeunea yangii M.J.Lai
Leptolejeunea yunnanensis (P.C.Chen) R.M.Schust.

References

↑ Hedwigia 30: 270. 1891.
1 2 "Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
↑ "Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Steph". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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[1] Hedwigia 30: 270. 1891.

[GBIF-2] 1 2 "Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

[3] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[Worldflora-4] "Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Steph". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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