Lejeunea

Genus of liverworts

Lejeunea

Lejeunea cavifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Division:  | Marchantiophyta
Class:  | Jungermanniopsida
Subclass:  | Jungermanniidae
Order:  | Lejeuneales
Family:  | Lejeuneaceae
Genus:  | Lejeunea
Lib.
Type species
Lejeunea serpillifolia Lib.

Species

See text

Synonyms

* Amblyolejeunea Ast
* Eulejeunea Steph.
* Oryzolejeunea (R.M.Schust.) R.M.Schust.
* Ptycholejeunea (Spruce) Steph.
* Stylolejeunea Sim
* Stylolejuenea

Lejeunea is a genus of leafy liverworts in the Lejeuneaceae family.[1] The GBIF lists up to 592 species (as of October 2022), along with a worldwide distribution.[2] World Flora Online lists up to 531 species (as of July 2023).[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Marie-Anne Libert in Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. vol.6 on page 372 in 1820.[3]

The genus name of Lejeunea is in honour of Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune (1779–1858), who was a Belgian physician and botanist.[4]

## Selected species

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* Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb.
* Lejeunea drehwaldii Heinrichs & Schäf.-Verw.
* Lejeunea flava (Sw.) Nees
* Lejeunea hodgsoniana
* Lejeunea sordida \- Sri Lanka

See List of Lejeunea species

## References

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1. ^ Lejeunea capensis Gott. (Hepaticae: Lejeuneaceae) Disjunct between South America and Africa
2. ^ "Lejeunea Lib". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
3. ^ a b "Lejeunea Lib". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
4. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers

Lejeunea|

* Wikidata: Q16910038
* Wikispecies: Lejeunea
* APNI: 120418
* BOLD: 429717
* CoL: 9JKYT
* EPPO: 1LJEG
* FNA: 117913
* GBIF: 2688902
* iNaturalist: 157692
* IRMNG: 1292792
* ITIS: 15305
* NBN: NHMSYS0000310139
* NCBI: 65056
* NZOR: a91639de-c73e-4600-80c3-9d17ab381852
* Open Tree of Life: 454404
* PLANTS: LEJEU
* Tropicos: 35002133
* WFO: wfo-4000020958

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