Riccia fluitans Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1139. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae fossis, piscinis, ad ripas supra aquam extensa." RCN: 8151.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1271.3 (LINN); [icon] in Vaillant, Bot. Paris.: 56, t. 10, t. 3. 1727; [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 514, t. 74, f. 47. 1741.

Current name: Riccia fluitans L. ( Ricciaceae).

Note: See notes by Isoviita (in Acta Bot. Fenn. 89: 8. 1970) and Grolle (in Feddes Repert. 87: 227. 1976).