ON CHILOSCYPHUS AEQUIFOLIUS (NEES & MONT.) HÄSSEL COMB. NOV. (HEPATOPHYTA) FROM CHILE, AND ITS BROOD BRANCHLETS

Abstract

  Chiloscyphus aequifolius (Nees & Mont.) Hässel comb. nov., here described and illustrated, is considered as an independent species and excluded from C. semiteres (Lehm.) Lehm. & Lindenb. The synonyms Lophocolea heterophylloides var. beta minor Nees, L. krauseana Steph., L. fernandeziensis Steph., L. krauseana var. dissecta Herz. and L. calbucensis Herz. are discussed with the addition of L. angulata Steph. p. p. and L. bisetula Steph. p. p. A new asexual reproductive device, the microcladia, present in this taxon, is described for the Geocalycaceae. C. angulatus (Steph.) J. J. Engel & R. M. Schust., is proposed as a new synonym of C. integrifolius (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Lehm. & Lindenb.