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Systematics of Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae) in Continental Africa and its Ecological Significance in Conservation of Kakamega and Budongo Rainforests

  • The genus Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (Lejeuneaceae, Jungermanniopsida) is represented by 23 species in continental tropical Africa. The morphological characters such as features of the stem, leaf, lobule and perianth traditionally used to separate the taxa at both species and generic level have been found to be unstable. The species are variably ranked in several subgenera including Cheilolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn., Euosmolejeunea Schiffn., Strepsilejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. and Xenolejeunea Kachroo & Schust. Although the genus has never been monographed, there are a few regional taxonomic accounts for America, Australia and China. A comprehensive revision of Cheilolejeunea species is lacking in Africa where the existing studies are based on single subgenus and sub-regional flora or checklist compilations, which are sometimes without identification keys. This study revises the taxonomy of Cheilolejeunea and the closely allied genus Leucolejeunea A. Evans, in continental Africa based on morphological data analysed using phenetic and phylogenetic methods.

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Author:Itambo Malombe
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:kob7-3983
Advisor: Fischer
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Date of completion:2009/05/05
Date of publication:2009/05/05
Publishing institution:Universität Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Universitätsbibliothek
Granting institution:Universität Koblenz, Fachbereich 3
Date of final exam:2009/04/22
Release Date:2009/05/05
Tag:Regenwald ; Afrika ; Cheilolejeunea
Cheilolejeunea ; continental tropical Africa ; rainforest
Number of pages:vii, 177
Institutes:Fachbereich 3 / Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Licence (German):License LogoEs gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht: § 53 UrhG