Habitat specialization triggers the evolution of unusual morphologies - The case of Cololejeunea stotleriana sp. nov. from Ecuador

Bryologist

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-22

  Gradstein, S Robbert ^a   Ilkiu Borges, Anna Luiza ^b   Vanderpoorten, Alain ^c  

^a Departement Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques   (France)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Lejeuneaceae; liverworts; molecular phylogeny; Neotropics; rheophilous bryophytes; rheophytic adaptations; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLOLEJEUNEA; FISSIDENS; HYDROPOGON; LEJEUNEACEAE; LEPIDOPILUM; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955660745     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-114.1.9     Document Type: Article

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