Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dicranolejeunea axillaris (Nees & Mont.) Schiffn.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Hepatophyta

Class
Jungermanniopsida

Order
Jungermanniales

Family
Lejeuneaceae

Genus
Dicranolejeunea

Species
axillaris

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Peltolejeunea galapagona

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Arnell, S. (1961) Hepaticae. In: Bartram, E.B. & Arnell, S. (eds.): Bryophytes of the Galápagos islands collected principally by Gunnar Harling in 1959. The Bryologist 64: 248-249.
  • Clark, L. (1953) Some Hepaticae from Galapagos, Cocos, and other Pacific coast islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 27 (18): 593-623.
  • Evans, A.W. (1902) Hepaticae. In: Robinson, B.L. (ed.): Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the American Arts and Sciences 38: 100-101.
  • Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
  • Gradstein, S.R. (2009) Annotated catalogue of the liverworts and hornworts of the Galápagos Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica: Biodiversity and ecology of lichens - Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman 99: 143-162.
  • León-Yánez, S. Gradstein, S.R. & Wegner, C. (2006) Hepáticas (Marchantiophyta) y Antoceros (Anthocerotophyta) del Ecuador, catálogo. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, 101 pp.
  • Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Dicranolejeunea axillaris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1527. Accessed 31 October 2026.