Potemkin A.D. 1, Vilnet A.A. 2 2021 Reappraisal of Gymnocolea and description of a new genus Rudolgaea (Anastrophyllaceae, Marchantiophyta) // Arctoa. Vol. 30: 138–148 [in English].
1 – Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Popov Str., 2, St. Petersburg, 197376 Russia; e-mail: potemkin_alexey@binran.ru; ORCID: 0000-0003-4420-1704
2 – Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Murmansk Province, Russia; e-mail: anya_v@list.ru; ORCID: 0000-0001-7779-2593
KEYWORDS: Gymnocolea, hepatics, liverworts, DNA barcoding, systematics
ABSTRACT. A review of the taxonomic composition of the genus Gymnocolea is provided. Among 15 species attributed to Gymnocolea, only 3 species are recognized within the genus. Their morphological and molecular analyses by rbcL, trnL-F cpDNA and ITS1-2 nrDNA sequences resulted in the transfer of G. borealis and G. fascinifera in a new genus Rudolgaea named after Rudolf M. Schuster and Olga M. Schuster. Thus, Gymnocolea appears to be the monospecific genus with only G. inflata.
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