Afroriccardia Reeb & Gradst.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.273 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4683284 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BB675A33-FFF1-CE35-1772-47E12549FC17 |
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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.
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