Abstract
Riccia okahandjana previously assumed to be an African endemic, is reported for the first time on the sub-continent of India. A morphological description and images of Riccia okahandjana are provided to facilitate identification.
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Crandall-Stotler, B.J., Stotler, R.E. & Long, D.G. (2009) Phylogeny and Classification of the Marchantiophyta. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66 (1): 155–198. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428609005393
Daniels, A.E.D. (2010) Checklist of the bryophytes of Tamil Nadu, India. Archive for Bryology 65: 1–117.
Daniels, A.E.D., Sreebha, R. &Kariyappa, K.C. (2017) The Japanese Fissidens neomagofukui (Bryophyta:Fissidentaceae)- new to India from the Western Ghats. Lindbergia 40: 45–48.
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Frey, W. & Kürschner, H. (1991) Conspectus Bryophytorum Orientalum et Arabicorum. An annotated catalogue of the bryophytes of Southwest Asia. Bryophytorum Bibliotheca 39: 1–181.
Gupta, R. & Asthana, A.K. (2019) New report of Trachyphyllum borgenii (Renauld & Cardot) Broth. (Bryophyta) from India with a note on its disjunct distribution in Madagascar. National Academy Science Letters 42: 151–154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-018-0683-5
Iwatsuki, Z. & Suzuki, T. (2002) Three new species of Fissidens from Japan. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 92: 165–173.
Jovet-Ast, S. (1991) Riccia (Hépatiques, Marchantiales) d’Amériquelatine. Taxons du sousgenre Riccia. Cryptogamie: Bryologie, Lichénologie 12 (3): 189–370.
Jovet-Ast, S. (2003) Riccia des sous-genres Riccia et Ricciella récoltés en Inde et en Indonésie. Cryptogamie Bryologie 24: 209–228.
Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species plantarum, ed. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm], 1200 pp.
Long, D.G. (1987) Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of the Arabian Peninsula. Studies in Arabian bryophytes 10. Nova Hedwigia 45: 175–195.
Perold, S.M. (1991) Taxonomic revision of the Ricciaceae Rchb. (Marchantiales: Hepaticae) in southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. University of Pretoria.
Perold, S.M. (1993) Taxonomic results of the Bryotrop Expedition to Zaïre and Rwanda. Tropical Bryology 8: 55–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/bde.8.1.8
Perold, S.M. (1995) A survey of the Ricciaceae of tropical Africa. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 40: 53–91.
Perold, S.M. (1999) Flora of South Africa: Hepatophyta. Part 1: Marchantiopsida. Fascicle 1: Marchantiidae. Ed. O.A. Leistner. National Botanical Institute. Pretoria. South Africa. pp. 1–252.
Reichenbach, H.G.L. (1828) Künstler und Freunde der PflanzenweltÜberhaupt. In: Botanik für Damen. 584 pp.
Renauld, F.F.G. & Cardot, J. (1897) Prodrome de la Flore Bryologique de Madagascar des Mascareignes et des Comores. Imprimerie de Monaco.
Singh, S.K. (2014) An appraisal of genus Riccia in India with a note on diversity and distribution of species. International Journal of Sustainable Water and Environmental Systems 6 (1): 35–43.
Singh, S.K., Bag, A.K. & Bhattacharya, S.G. (2010) Riccia (Hepaticae: Ricciaceae) of West Bengal. Taiwania 55 (2): 99–109.
Stephani, F (1917) Species Hepaticarum. Vol. 5 Georg & Cie. Geneva. Switzerland.
Turland, N.J., Wiersema, J.H., Barrie, F.R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp S, Kusber, W.H., Li, D.Z., Marhold, K., May, T.W., McNeill, J., Monro, A.M., Prado, J., Price, M.J. & Smith, G.F. (Eds.) (2018) ‘International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants(Shenzhen Code)adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress’, Shenzhen, PR China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile 159. Koeltz Botanical Books: Glashütten, Germany. https://doi.org/10.12705/Code.2018
Udar, R. & Singh, D.K. (1979) Notothylas dissecta, a hornwort new to India. The Bryologist 82: 625–628. https://doi.org/10.2307/3242010