Abstract

A new species of Lejeunea, L. srivastavae, is described and illustrated as new to science from central part of Nilgiri Mountains of Western Ghats, a global biodiversity Hotspot, India. The species is characterized by large plants size, pale greenish to yellowish green colour, imbricate leaves with large leaf-lobule, contiguous – distant underleaves, 4–5 times as wide as stem and single gynoecial innovation. Details of its morpho-taxonomy, distribution and affinities are provided along with a key to the genus Lejuenea species in Nilgiri hills to distinguish it with other known species of the area.

中文摘要

本文發表了細鱗蘚屬的一個新種Lejeunea srivastavae sp. nov.，發現地點在印度西高 止山脈尼基里山，該地同時也是著名的全球生物多樣性熱點。本文附上該種之手繪圖及照 片，也提供了分類描述、分布地點和細鱗蘚屬之檢索表，以利此種與該地其他同屬分類群 之分辨。

Keyword: Lejeunea srivastavae, Lejeuneaceae, new species, Nilgiri Mountains Western Ghats, India.