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Lopholejeunea subgenusPteryganthus is described as new based upon the Mauritian plantL. sphaerophora (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Steph.Lopholejeunea utriculata Steph. from Madagascar is included as well.Lopholejeunea sinuata (Mitt.) Steph. is reduced to synonymy withL. sphaerophora. The two species of subgenusPteryganthus are compared withL. herzogiana Verd. andL. pullei Verd., two Malaysian species, with superficially similar lobule construction, but not of thePteryanthus type.
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Thiers, B.M. Type studies in the Lejeuneaceae. II. Pteryganthus, a new subgenus of Lopholejeunea. Brittonia 35, 81–86 (1983). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806055
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