Galapagos Species Database

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

Leptolejeunea elliptica (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Schiffn.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Hepatophyta

Class
Jungermanniopsida

Order
Jungermanniales

Family
Lejeuneaceae

Genus
Leptolejeunea

Species
elliptica

Taxon category: Accepted

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.
  • 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.
  • Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Leptolejeunea elliptica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2960. Accessed 21 June 2025.