Lejeunea hodgsoniana Grolle ex R.J.Lewington

Renner, M. A., de, Lange P. J. & Glenny, D. S., 2021, A synopsis of Aotearoa / New Zealand Lejeunea (Lejeuneaceae: Jungermanniopsida) and new species in the Lejeunea epiphylla Colenso complex, Arctoa 30 (2), pp. 187-212 : 203

11. Lejeunea hodgsoniana Grolle ex R.J.Lewington ,

Bever. & M.A.M.Renner, PhytoKeys 29: 2. 2013.

Type: New Zealand, North Island, Porirua: Titahi Bay, Stuart Park, track to cliff edge at S end of bay: Sounds- Wellington Ecological Region, Wellington Ecological District, on trunk and branches of Melicytus ramiflorus in coastal thicket with Pittosporum crassifolium and Coprosma repens . Bryophyte associates, Cololejeunea minutissima , Frullania monocera , F. patula , Lejeunea colensoana , Rhynchostegium muriculatum , Siphonolejeunea nudipes and Syntrichia papillosa , 41°06’33"S, 174°49’43"E, ca. 15m, 19.VII.2012, P. Beveridge MB-2 (holotype: WELT [WELT H012563]; isotypes: AK, CHR, F, NSW).

Lejeunea hodgsoniana is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in lowland and coastal forest throughout the North Island, and northern South Island, with outlying populations on the Kermadec and Chatham Islands. For a full description, illustrations, and guidance on recognition of this species see Lewington et al. (2013).