Afroriccardia Reeb & Gradst.

Lucile Rabeau, S. Robbert Gradstein, Jean-Yves Dubuisson, Martin Nebel, Dietmar Quandt & Catherine Reeb, 2017, New insights into the phylogeny and relationships within the worldwide genus Riccardia (Aneuraceae, Marchantiophytina), European Journal of Taxonomy 273, pp. 1-26 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.273
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4683284
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scientific name	Afroriccardia Reeb & Gradst.
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Genus Afroriccardia Reeb & Gradst. gen. nov.

Type species

Afroriccardia comosa (Steph.) Reeb & Gradst. (± Aneura comosa Steph. ).

Diagnosis

Thallus (bi)pinnate. Main axis of thallus 2.5–4.0 mm wide. Rhizoids present over the whole width of the ventral thallus surface. Female branches to 1 mm long, archegonia in pairs, covered by a dense cluster of rhizoids with strongly thick-walled tips originating from beneath the apex of the female branch. Paraphyses lacking.

Remarks

Monospecific, contains only A. comosa from Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and Uganda.