Radula hainanensis (Radulaceae), a new species from China

Li Na Zhang, Rui Liang Zhu

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Abstract

Radula hainanensis L.N.Zhang & R.L.Zhu sp. nov. (Radulaceae), a new species from Hainan Island of China, is described and illustrated. This species can be recognized by the presence of gemmae at the apical and dorsal margins of leaf-lobes on ascending to erect shoots, the thin-walled leaf cells with triradiate trigones, and the occurrence of two different types of oil bodies within each leaf-lobe cell. It is superficially similar to Radula constricta, a common species in East Asia, which differs in having larger leaf-lobules 1/2-2/3 as long as the leaf-lobes, only one type of oil body within each leaf-lobe cell, and absence of ascending to erect gemmiferous shoots.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)52-59
Number of pages8
JournalBryologist
Volume119
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Hainan
  • Hepaticae
  • Metaradula
  • Radula constricta
  • oil bodies

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