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Issue: Vol. 568 No. 3: 18 October 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-10-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4
Page range: 277-282
Abstract views: 84
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Riccia stenophylla Spruce (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta)—a new report for Asia from the Western Ghats of India

Department of Botany and Research Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu, India (Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli - 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India)
Department of Botany and Research Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil - 629 003, Tamil Nadu, India (Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli - 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India)
America Asia India Riccia Western Ghats Bryophytes

Abstract

Riccia stenophylla was previously known only from the American continents. This species was recently collected in the Southern Western Ghats of India and is the first record of this species in Asia. A detailed description of the species with images and a distribution map, plus a key to closely allied indigenous species is provided.

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