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Riccardia incurvata

Scientific Name: Riccardia incurvata

Family: Aneuraceae

Category: Liverwort

Growth: Nonvascular

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Riccardia incurvata Lindb.

Riccardia incurvata, commonly known as Lesser Germanderwort, is a species of liverwort in the family Aneuraceae.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Riccardia incurvata Lindb.
  • Common Name: Lesser Germanderwort
  • Family: Aneuraceae
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Rank: Species
  • Synonym: Aneura incurvata (Lindb.) Steph.
  • Partial Synonyms: (pro parte) - Not specified in provided text
  • Misapplications (auct.): Not specified in provided text

Distribution and Habitat

  • Boreal-montane European element
  • Found in Oregon, Lane County: Fall Creek drainage, ditches along Gale Creek Road.
  • Found in Surrey heaths.
  • Found on gravelly roadside banks.
  • Also found on feuchtem (damp), sandigem Boden (sandy soil) in Bad Mnder/Deister, Germany

Morphological Characteristics

  • Tallus is light green and sparsely branched.
  • Typically 1-2 cm long.
  • Reniform (kidney-shaped).

Ecology

  • Found in moist, nutrient-poor but not too acidic sandy soils.

Further Information

  • Tropicos database
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera