GULF OF GUINEA ISLANDS' BIODIVERSITY
NETWORK
Liverworts of the Gulf of Guinea Islands
List compiled by Nick Hodgetts (British Bryological Society Tropical Bryology Group) email: Hodget_N@jncc.gov.uk
References: Wigginton MJ, Grolle R. 1996. Catalogue of the Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of sub-Saharan Africa. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 50: 1-268.
E = Species or form endemic to one or more of the Gulf of Guinea islands.
= Species or form distribution outside
the Gulf of Guinea islands.
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| Adelanthus decipiens (Hook.) Mitt. |
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| Andrewsianthus bilobus (Mitt.) Grolle |
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| Aphanolejeunea subdiaphana (Jovet-Ast) P¢cs |
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| Aneura pinguis (L.)Dum. |
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| Anthoceros dilatatus Steph. | E | ||||
| Anthoceros fuciformis Mont. |
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Rare and scattered African species. |
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| Anthoceros pinnatus Steph. |
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Rare species confined to São
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| Arachniopsis diacantha (Mont.) Howe |
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| Archilejeunea africana Steph. |
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| Bazzania decrescens subsp. molleri (Steph.) E.W. Jones |
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| Calypogeia afrocaerulea E.W. Jones |
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| Calypogeia annabonensis Steph. |
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Rare and scattered African species. | |||
| Calypogeia fissa (L.) Raddi |
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| Caudalejeunea africana (Steph.) Steph. |
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| Caudalejeunea hanningtonii (Mitt.) Schiffn. |
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| Cephalozia fissa Steph. |
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| Ceratolejeunea floribunda Steph. | E | Endemic to São Tomé. | |||
| Ceratolejeunea jungneri Steph. |
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| Ceratolejeunea umbonata Steph. |
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Endemic to Bioko and Cameroun. | |||
| Ceratolejeunea zenkeri Steph. |
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| Chandonanthus hirtellus (Web.) Mitt. |
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| Cheilolejeunea cordistpula (Steph.) Grolle ex Jones |
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| Cheilolejeunea montagnei (Gott.) Schust. |
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| Cheilolejeunea newtonii Steph. ex Schiffn. |
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| Cheilolejeunea serpentina (Mitt.) Mizut. |
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| Cheilolejeunea surrepens (Mitt.) E.W. Jones |
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| Cheilolejeunea trifaria (Reinw. et al.) Mizut. |
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| Cololejeunea africana (Steph.) E.W.Jones |
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| Cololejeunea leloutrei (E.W. Jones) Schust. |
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| Cololejeunea obliqua (Nees & Mont.) Schiffn. |
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Cololejeunea zenkeri (Steph.) E.W.Jones |
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| Colura digitalis (Mitt.) Steph. |
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Colura tenuicornis (Evans)Steph. |
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| Conoscyphus trapezioides (Sande-Lac.) Schiffn. |
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| Cyathodium cavernarum Kunze |
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| Diplasiolejeunea cavifolia (Steph.) Steph. |
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| Drepanolejeunea clavicornis Steph. |
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| Drepanolejeunea cultrella (Mitt.)Steph. |
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| Drepanolejeunea
vesiculosa
(Mitt.)Steph. |
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| Dumortiera hirsuta (Sw.) Nees |
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| Frullania angulata Mitt. |
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| Frullania apicalis Mitt. |
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| Frullania arecae (Spreng.) Gottsche |
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| Frullania caffraria Steph. |
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| Frullania diptera (Lehm.) Drège |
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| Frullania ericoides (Nees) Mont. |
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Frullania
ecklonii
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| Frullania obscurifolia Mitt. |
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| Frullania
purpurea
Steph. |
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Rare species, confined to Nigeria, Sierra leone, Madagascar, Mauritius and São Tomé. | |||
| Frullania
riojaneirensis
(Raddi) Aongstr. |
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| Frullania serrata Gott. |
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| Frullania trinervis DrŠge |
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| Herbertus mollis (Steph.) Dusén. |
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Probably the same as the widespread H. dicranus, but rare in west Africa, only in Cameroon and São Tomé. | |||
| Heteroscyphus dubius (Gott.) Schiffn. |
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| Heteroscyphus spectabilis (Steph.) Schiffn. |
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Rare species, confined to Cameroon and São
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| Iwatsukia jishibae (Steph.) N. Kitag |
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Rare and scattered species in Africa. | |||
| Jungermannia borgenii Gott. |
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| Jungermannia dusenii (Steph.) Steph. |
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Rare species, confined to Cameroon and São Tomé. | |||
| Lejeunea acuta Mitt. |
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| Lejeunea autoica Schust. |
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Rare and scattered species in Africa. | |||
| Lejeunea caespitosa Lindenb. |
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| Lejeunea camerunensis (Steph.) E.W. Jones |
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| Lejeunea flava (Schwartz) Nees |
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| Lejeunea
grossecristata
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| Lejeunea ramosissima Steph. |
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| Lejeunea setacea Steph. |
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| Lejeunea tabularis (Spreng.)Gott. |
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| Lepidozia succida Mitt. |
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Leptolejeunea
epiphylla
(Mitt.) Steph. |
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Leptolejeunea
maculata
(Mitt.) Schiffn. |
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| Leptoscyphus infuscatus (Mitt.) E. W. Jones |
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| Leucolejeunea xanthocarpa (Lehm. & Lindenberg.) |
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| Lophocolea bidentata (L.) Dum. |
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| Lophocolea concreta Mont. |
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| Lophocolea difformis Nees |
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| Lopholejeunea jonesii Van den Berghen |
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| Lopholejeunea nigricans (Lindenb.) Schiffn. |
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| Lopholejeunea subfusca (Nees) Schiffn. |
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| Marchantia pappeana subsp. pappeana Lehm. |
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| Marchesinia excavata (Mitt.) Steph. |
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| Mastigolejeunea
auriculata
(Wils.) Schiffn. |
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| Mastigolejeunea florea (Mitt.) Paris |
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| Mastigolejeunea nigra Steph. |
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| Mastigolejeunea turgida Steph. |
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| Mastigophora diclados (Brid.) Nees |
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| Metzgeria australis Steph. |
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| Metzgeria bystroemii S. Arn. | E | ||||
| Metzgeria camerunensis Steph. |
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Metzgeria
leptoneura
Spruce |
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| Metzgeria saxbyi Pears |
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| Metzgeria thomeensis Steph. |
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| Microlejeunea africana Steph. |
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| Microlejeunea kamerunensis Steph. |
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| Odontolejeunea lunulata (Web.) Schiffn. |
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| Pallavicinia lyellii (Hook.) Carruth. |
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| Phaeoceros jollyanus (Steph.) S. Arn. |
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| Plagiochila africana Steph. |
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| Plagiochila barteri Mitt. |
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| Plagiochila brunneola Steph. |
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| Plagiochila
flabellata
Steph. |
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Plagiochila
integerrima
Steph. |
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| Plagiochila moenkemeyeri Steph. |
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| Plagiochila
praemorsa
Steph. |
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Plagiochila
pectinata
(Willd. ex Weber) Lindenb. |
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| Plagiochila squamulosa Mitt. |
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Plagiochila
strictifolia
Steph. |
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| Plagiochila terebrans Nees & Mont. ex Lindenb. |
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| Pleurozia gigantea (Web.) S.O. Lindb. |
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| Porella subdentata (Mitt.) E.W. Jones |
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| Porella subdentata var. camerunensis E. W. Jones |
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| Prionolejeunea grata (Gott.) Schiffn. |
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| Prionolejeunea principiensis Vanden Berghen. | E | Endemic to
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| Radula appressa Mitt. |
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| Radula boryana (F.Weber) Nees |
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| Radula flaccida Lindenb. & Gott., |
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Radula
stenocalyx
Mont. |
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| Radula stipatifolia Steph. | |||||
| Radula tamariscina Mitt. | E | E | Endemic to Bioko and São Tomé. | ||
| Riccardia erosa (Steph.) E.W. Jones |
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| Riccardia limbata (Steph.) E.W.Jones |
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| Schiffneriolejeunea pappeana (Nees) Gradst. |
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| Schiffneriolejeunea polycarpa (Nees) Gradstein |
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Syzygiella
geminifolia
(Mitt.) Steph. |
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| Telaranea nematodes (Gott. ex Aust.)Howe |
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