Galapagos Species Database

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

Lejeunea laetevirens Nees & Mont.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Hepatophyta

Class
Jungermanniopsida

Order
Jungermanniales

Family
Lejeuneaceae

Genus
Lejeunea

Species
laetevirens

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lejeunea lepida Lindenb. & Gottsche (Gradstein, 2020). Syn.: Microlejeunea laetevirens, pers. comm. R. Gradstein 2009

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.
  • CNABH (2022) Bryophyte Portal CNABH Portal. (2022).Bryophyte Portal. http//:bryophyteportal.org/portal/index.php
  • 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.
  • Gradstein, S.R. (2020) Checklist of the Liverworts and Hornworts of Ecuador Gradstein, S.R. (2020). Checklist of the Liverworts and Hornworts of Ecuador. Frahmia, 17, 1-40.
  • 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, Lejeunea laetevirens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4602. Accessed 31 October 2026.