Cololejeunea floccosa var. fraseriana Pócs

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Australia

• State/Province

  Queensland

• Locality

  Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island. Pile Valley along the Kingfisher Bay-Eurong Road

• Elevation

  Alt. 55 m. (180 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -25.4733, 153.072

• Distribution

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FLORA OF AUSTRALIA
Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens, Canberra (CANB)
Herbarium of the Eszterhazy College, Eger, Hungary (EGR)
Family: Lejeuneaceae
Name: Cololejeunea FLOCCOSA (Lehm, et Lindenb.)Steph.
var. FRASERIANA var. nov. Pócs. ISOTYPE of var.
mmm
Loc.: QUEENSLAND: Fraser Island (Great Sandy
Nat. Park). Pile Valley along the Kingfisher Bay —
Eurong Road. 25°28.4’S, 153°04.3’E. At 55 m alt.
Hab.: Subtropical jain forest formed by the endemic,
50-60 m tall Syncarpia hillii ~ „satinay^ (Myrtaceae).
Substrate: On leaves.
Coll.: Poes, T. & Streimann, H. Det.: T.Pocs, 2002
No.: 9960/L	Date:	17	August	1999
Cololejeunea fioccosa var. fraseriana Pócs,
var. nov.	Figs	9-12
C. subg. Taeniolejeunea (Zwickel) Benedix
Type material: southern Queensland: Fraser
Island (Great Sandy National Park): Pile Valley along
Kingfisher Bay-Eurong road, 55 m alt., 25°28.4'S,
153°04.3'E. T. Pócs & H. Streimann 9960/L (holotype:
CANB, isotypes EGR, CANB, NSW, BRI, G). Epiphyl-
lous in subtropical rain forest formed by the endemic,
50-60 m tall Syncarpia hillii - ‘satinay’ (Myrtaceae). It
grows together with Cololejeunea tenella Benedix, Co-
lolejeunea heinari sp.n., Cololejeunea lanciloba Stepbu,
Cololejeunea vidliana Tixier, Colura queenslandica
B. M. Thiers, Leptolejeunea sp. and Siphomolejeunea
elegantissima (Steph.) Grolle.
It differs from Cololejeunea fioccosa (Lehm.
& Lindenb. in Lehm.) Schiffn., Consp. Hepat.
Figs 9-14. 9-12 - Cololejeunea floccosa via. fraseriana Poes, var. nov. 9 - Habit, ventral view; IQ - lobe cells with papillae,
dorsal view; 11 - habit, ventral view; 12 - basal lobe cells, ventral view. SEM and LM micrographs made from the type of var.
13 & 14 - Cololejeunea cairmiana Pdcs, sp. nov. 13 - habit, ventral view; 14 - leaf, ventral view. LM micrographs made from
the type. Scale bars: 9 &. 13 — 200 |im; 10 — 10 pm; 11 & 14 = 100 pm; 12 “.SO pm.
Arch. Ind.: 243, 1898, var. floccosa and the other
known varieties by the lack of a true vitta. The
vitta-like part of the lobe is not sharply delimited
and not composed of real ocelli, only of chloro-
phyilose cells, which are larger but show a gradual
transition into normal lobe cells. Similar pseu-
dovitta can be observed in the pantropical Colole-
jeunea platyneura (Spruce) A. Evans.
Etymology. The variety is named after tfas
locality, the world’s largest sandy island, rich in
endemic taxa.
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BOTANICAL
ISOTYPE OF:
Cololejeunea floccosa var. fraseriana Pócs
Polish Botanical Journal 61(2): 206. f. 9-12. 2016.
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