New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Plants seen and unseen: Radula pseudoscripta sp. nov. and Radula
uvifera (Radulaceae: Jungermanniopsida)
Matt A. M. Renner
Herbarium
Auckland Museum
Private Bag 92018
Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Present address: Institute of Wildlife Research, School of
Biological Sciences, Heydon-Laurence Building A08, University of
Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. matt.renner@bio.usyd.edu.au
Abstract Individuals of Radula
uvifera can be divided into two groups. Radula uvifera sens.
str. produces amentulose branches infrequently and has long perianths
with the mouth not ventrally folded, with 3 - 8 straight lamellae that
are not jagged in relief on either surface. Radula pseudoscripta
produces amentulose branches regularly at bases of alternate leaf pairs
and has squat perianths with a ventrally folded mouth, with 5 -
14 lamellae that are sinuous for at least part of their length and
jagged in relief on either surface. Morphological variation in this
constellation of characters is discontinuous. Radula multicarinata
is a homotypic synonym of Radula uvifera and is retained in
synonymy of R. uvifera. A new species, Radula pseudoscripta,
is proposed for the multicarinate plants. Both species are
endemic to New Zealand.
Keywords liverwort; new species; New Zealand; Radula
pseudoscripta; Radula uvifera
B05049; Online publication date 16 October 2006
Received 15 November 2005; accepted 26 May 2006
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2006, Vol. 44: 337–348
0028–825X/06/4403–0337 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2006
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