Fertile plants of Lejeunea capensis (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) in the Chaco Serrano forest from Tucumán (Argentina)

Abstract

Fertile plants of Lejeunea capensis were found in Tucumán, Argentina. The population discovered in the Chaco Serrano represents a new location with respect to the nearest occurrences in Northwest of Argentina and is the first record of sporophyte-bearing plants. Here we provide an amended description and an illustration including the first data of the sporophyte of L. capensis.

Keywords

• Chaco Serrano
• Lejeunaceae
• liverworts
• Marchantiophyta
• sporophyte