New synonymy in Ptychanthus striatus (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta)

Jian Wang; Stephan Robbert Gradstein; Albert Ebenezer Dulip Daniels; Rui-Liang Zhu

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.158.2.6

Issue: Vol. 158 No. 2: 3 February 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-02-03

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.158.2.6

Page range: 195–200

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**New synonymy in Ptychanthus striatus (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta)**

Jian Wang⁺⁻
Stephan Robbert Gradstein⁺⁻
Albert Ebenezer Dulip Daniels⁺⁻
Rui-Liang Zhu⁺⁻

East China Normal University

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle

Scott Christian College

East China Normal University

Ptychanthoideae liverwort molecular phylogeny taxonomy

Abstract

Morphological and molecular evidence shows that Spruceanthus wiggintonii A.E.D.Daniels, K.C.Kariyappa & P.Daniel from southern India is a synonym of the widespread Ptychanthus striatus (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Nees.