TABLE 1 in A taxonomic revision of the Lophocoleaceae Vanden Berghen (Marchantiophyta) of New Caledonia

TABLE 1. — Discriminant features of Lophocoleaceae Vanden Berghen genera occurring in New Caledonia.
HeteroscyphusChiloscyphusLophocoleaCryptolophocoleaOtoscyphus J.J.Engel,Schiffn.Corda(Dumort.) Dumort.L.Söderstr.Bardat & ThouvenotAndroecia positionOn short lateral branches lacking normal leavesOn long normal leaved shootsOn long normal leaved shootsOn long normal leaved shootsOn long normal leaved shootsMale bractsMuch smaller than leaves, fully saccateLike the leaves but with small dorsal saccate baseSmaller than leaves, saccate at dorsal base, ventral lamina variously developedLike the leaves but with dorsal saccate base, shorter than the laminaSmaller than leaves, dorsal saccate base ½ bract lengthAntheridia stalkBiseriate to oligoseriateUniseriateUniseriateBiseriateUnknownGynoecial positionOn short lateral branches lacking normal leavesOn short lateral branches lacking normal leavesOn normal leaved shoots, more or less elongateOn normal leaved elongate shootsOn normal leaved elongate shoots and short leafless ventral branchesPerianthCyathiform. Obscurely plicateCupulate. Obscurely plicateOblong. 3-keeledOblong. 3-keeledCyathiform. Obscurely plicateCalyptraHidden deep within perianthReaching perianth apex to exsertedHidden deep within perianthHidden deep within perianthHidden deep within perianthLeaf insertionMainly suboppositeMainly alternateAlternateSuboppositeAlternateUnderleaf connationTypically bilateral and wideFree or unilateral and narrowFree or unilateral and narrowBilateral. Typically wideFreeCell wallsThin, rarely thickThinThinThinThinTrigonesTrigones typically largeTrigones small or lackingTrigones small or lackingTrigones small or largeTrigones large