Notoscyphus grollei sp nov in Bitterfeld amber rather than the extant Notoscyphus lutescens (Lehm. & Lindenb.) Mitt.

Abstract

A Paleogene fossil of a leafy liverwort that had earlier been assigned to the extant species Notoscyphus lutescens is described as Notoscyphus grollei, sp. nov. It differs from all other Notoscyphus taxa by mammillose-papillose leaf cells.

Keywords

• Cenozoic
• fossil
• Jungermanniales
• Jungermanniopsida
• liverwort
• Notoscyphaceae