Chiloscyphus parapilistipulus (Lophocoleaceae), a new species of liverwort from New Caledonia, with the typification of Lophocolea pilistipula

Abstract

Thouvenot, L. & M.J. Price (2020). Chiloscyphus parapilistipulus (Lophocoleaceae), a new species of liverwort from New Caledonia, with the typification of Lophocolea pilistipula. Candollea 75: 285–289. In English, English abstract.During a review of Lophocoleaceae types housed in G in the context of research on the liverworts of New Caledonia, a set of three specimens collected by Louise Le Rat in 1909 that were filed as types of Lophocolea pilistipula Steph. (≡ Chiloscyphus pilistipulus (Steph.) J.J. Engel & R.M. Schust.) turned out to be heterogeneous: the one originating from Île des Pins is fertile and corresponds to the protologue as well as Stephani's illustration of this taxon. This original material is designated here as lectotype of Lophocolea pilistipula. The two other specimens in G collected on Mount Dogny are sterile and exhibit some morphological differences from the designated lectotype material, namely the plants are large, with wider stems that have larger and broader leaves with smooth rather than crenulate margins, and that lack trigones. A new fertile collection from Mount Dogny was identified as belonging to Chiloscyphus Corda and is conspecific with the material collected from Mount Dogny over a century earlier. A new species, Chiloscyphus parapilistipulus Thouvenot, is described. It closely resembles Lophocolea pilistipula but differs from it by its larger size, smooth leaf margins, the dioicous sexuality and the ventro-lateral position of the gynoecia at the apex of short leafless branches.Received: June 15, 2020; Accepted: August 31, 2020; First published online: October 29, 2020