Ceratolejeunea cubensis (Mont.) Schiffn.

  • Family

    Lejeuneaceae (Marchantiophyta)

  • Scientific Name

    Ceratolejeunea cubensis (Mont.) Schiffn.

  • Primary Citation

    Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1 (3): 125. 1893

  • Basionym

    Lejeunea cubensis Mont.

  • Description

    Description: Plants yellowish or reddish-brown when dry. Dorsal lobes ovate, sometimes somewhat falcate margins entire or weakly toothed near apex, apex rounded to broadly or sharply acute, sometimes incurved when dry; ocelli present or absent, 1--5 in cluster (i.e., ocelli adjacent along long axis) at leaf base. Utriculate lobules occasionally present at branch bases. Autoicous. Perianths obovoid, 4 keels forming smooth triangular horns with tapering tips, dorsal keel absent.

    Habitat and Distribution: Bark of living trees, or creeping over filmy ferns and decorticated wood in humid, restricted to densely vegetated "islands" of subtropical forest (i.e., hammocks) in South Florida; 0--10 m; Fla.; West Indies; Central America; South America.

    Discussion: Ceratolejeunea cubensis can be differentiated from C. laetefusca by the usual presence of at least weak teeth on the margin, and the perianth keels form distinct horns rather than crests. Also, C. cubensis is usually autoicous, and utriculate lobules are sometimes present at branch bases.

  • Floras and Monographs

    Ceratolejeunea cubensis (Mont.) Schiffn.: [Article] Dauphin L, G. 2003. . Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 90: 1-86.

    Ceratolejeunea cubensis (Mont.) Schiffn.: [Book] Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

    Ceratolejeunea cubensis (Mont.) Schiffn.: [Article] Gradstein, S. Robbert & Ilkiu-Borges, Anna L. 2009. Guide to the plants of Central French Guiana. Part 4. Liverworts and hornworts. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76 (4): i-iv + 1-140.