Galapagos Species Database
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Prionolejeunea aemula
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Hepatophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Jungermanniales
Family
Lejeuneaceae
Genus
Prionolejeunea
Species
aemula
Taxon category: Accepted
accord. to Gradstein (2009) specimens of this taxon have been recorded as Prionolejeunea fabroniaefolia (Arnell 1961), as P. sp. nov. (Gradstein & Weber 1982) or P. denticulata (León-Yánez et al. 2006)
- 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. 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Prionolejeunea aemula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4661. Accessed 1 November 2026.