Leptolejeunea

Leptolejeunea is a genus of liverwort in family Lejeuneaceae.

It has a cosmopolitan distribution mainly in the southern hemisphere.

The genus name of Leptolejeunea is derived from lepton from the Greek λεπτός (meaning "small") and also Lejeunea which is in honour of Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune (1779–1858), who was a Belgian physician and botanist. Lejeunea was the original genus of this type of liverworts published in 1820.

Species
World Flora Online lists up to 47 species. Although, 74 species are accepted by GBIF (as of July 2023):


 * Leptolejeunea aberrantia
 * Leptolejeunea amphiophthalma
 * Leptolejeunea anophthalma
 * Leptolejeunea apiculata
 * Leptolejeunea arunachalensis
 * Leptolejeunea astrodea
 * Leptolejeunea astroidea
 * Leptolejeunea australis
 * Leptolejeunea balansae
 * Leptolejeunea balanse
 * Leptolejeunea borneensis
 * Leptolejeunea brasiliensis
 * Leptolejeunea convexistipa
 * Leptolejeunea cubensis
 * Leptolejeunea curvatifolia
 * Leptolejeunea dapitana
 * Leptolejeunea denticulata
 * Leptolejeunea dentistipula
 * Leptolejeunea diversilobulata
 * Leptolejeunea dolabriformis
 * Leptolejeunea elliptica
 * Leptolejeunea emarginata
 * Leptolejeunea epiphylla
 * Leptolejeunea exocellata
 * Leptolejeunea foliicola
 * Leptolejeunea foraminulosa
 * Leptolejeunea hainanensis
 * Leptolejeunea integristipula
 * Leptolejeunea jamaicensis
 * Leptolejeunea lancifolia
 * Leptolejeunea latifolia
 * Leptolejeunea latilobula
 * Leptolejeunea lepinii
 * Leptolejeunea ligulata
 * Leptolejeunea maculata
 * Leptolejeunea mascarena
 * Leptolejeunea massartiana
 * Leptolejeunea micronesica
 * Leptolejeunea minima
 * Leptolejeunea mirikana
 * Leptolejeunea mizoramensis
 * Leptolejeunea moniliata
 * Leptolejeunea obfuscata
 * Leptolejeunea papuliflora
 * Leptolejeunea perforata
 * Leptolejeunea punctata
 * Leptolejeunea quintasii
 * Leptolejeunea radiata
 * Leptolejeunea radicosa
 * Leptolejeunea renneri
 * Leptolejeunea repanda
 * Leptolejeunea revoluta
 * Leptolejeunea rhombifolia
 * Leptolejeunea rosulans
 * Leptolejeunea schiffneri
 * Leptolejeunea serratifolia
 * Leptolejeunea serrulata
 * Leptolejeunea spathulifolia
 * Leptolejeunea spinistipula
 * Leptolejeunea stenophylla
 * Leptolejeunea subacuta
 * Leptolejeunea subdentata
 * Leptolejeunea subrotundifolia
 * Leptolejeunea thomeensis
 * Leptolejeunea tridentata
 * Leptolejeunea trigonostipa
 * Leptolejeunea tripuncta
 * Leptolejeunea truncatiflora
 * Leptolejeunea truncatifolia
 * Leptolejeunea udarii
 * Leptolejeunea vitrea
 * Leptolejeunea yangii
 * Leptolejeunea yunnanensis