New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
A new and unusual species of Frullania (Jubulaceae) from Tasmania,
Australia*
M. J. von Konrat
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland, New Zealand
Present address: Department of Botany, The Field Museum,
1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA.
Email: mvonkonrat@fieldmuseum.org
J. E. Braggins
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland, New Zealand
*Dedicated in memory of Professor Dennis Brown, The University of Auckland,
New Zealand.
Abstract The liverwort Frullania hattorii sp.
nov. (Jubulaceae) from Tasmania is described and illustrated. A diagnostic
feature of this new species is the mammillose dorsal lobe surface, bearing
a single, conical to conoidal protuberance per cell, a feature unusual for
Frullania. A critical comparison is made between Frullania hattorii
and two allied and common Australasian species, F. aterrima and F.
rostrata.
Keywords Frullania; F. aterrima; F.
hattorii; F. rostrata; hepatics; new species; Tasmania flora; taxonomy
B02038 Received 16 May 2002; accepted 28 November 2002; published 31 March
2003
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2003, Vol. 41: 55-62
0028-825X/03/4101-0055 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2003
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