On Riccia marginata and related species (Ricciaceae, Marchantiophyta)

A. D. Potemkin, T. Ahti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31111/nsnr/2012.46.298

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Abstract

Riccia marginata Lindb. was described by S. O. Lindberg (1877) from the outskirts of the town of Sortavala near the north shore of Lake Ladoga, Republic of Karelia, Russia. The species has been forgotten in most recent liverwort accounts of Europe, including Russia. Lectotypification of R. marginata is provided. R. marginata shares most characters with R. beyrichiana Hampe ex Lehm. It differs from “typical” plants of R. beyrichiana in having smaller spores, with ± distinctly finely areolate to roughly papillose proximal surfaces and a narrower and shorter thallus, as well as in scarcity or absence of marginal hairs. It may represent continental populations of the suboceanic-submediterranean R. beyrichiana, known in Russia from the Leningrad Region and Karelia only. The variability of spore surfaces in R. beyrichiana is discussed and illustrated by SEM images. A comparison with the spores of R. bifurca Hoffm. is provided. The question how distinct R. marginata is from R. beyrichiana needs to be clarified by molecular studies in the future, when adequate material is available. R. marginata is for the time being, provisionally, included in R. beyrichiana.

Keywords: nomenclature, lectotypification, taxonomy, Riccia marginata, Riccia beyrichiana, Riccia lescuriana var. glaucescens, Riccia bifurca, spores

Section: Bryophytes

How to cite

Potemkin A. D., Ahti T. 2012. On Riccia marginata and related species (Ricciaceae, Marchantiophyta). Novosti Sist. Nizsh. Rast. 46: 298–305. https://doi.org/10.31111/nsnr/2012.46.298

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