Original Research

The taxonomic history of the Ricciaceae (1937-1995) and a classification of sub-Saharan Ricciae

S. M. Perold
Bothalia | Vol 25, No 1 | a729 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v25i1.729 | © 1995 S. M. Perold | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 09 October 1995 | Published: 09 October 1995

About the author(s)

S. M. Perold, National Botanical Institute,, South Africa

Full Text:

PDF (2MB)

Abstract

The taxonomic history of the Ricciaceae (1937-1995) is reviewed. Over the years many attempts have been made to subdivide and rearrange the taxa in this large and puzzling family, but consensus has still not been reached. Hepaticologists are therefore urged to undertake more revisions worldwide, using modem methods of investigation to aid them in. hopefully, coming to an eventual agreement in defining the limits of subgenera, sections, species and subspecies in the Ricciae. In addition, a classification of sub-Saharan Ricciaceae. partially based on informal groups, is herein proposed.


Keywords

classification; groups; history, Ricciaceae, sections, species, subgenera. sub-Saharan Africa

Metrics

Total abstract views: 2542
Total article views: 2779

 

Crossref Citations

1. Observations onRiccia sorocarpaBisch. subsp.erythrophoraR.M.Schust. ex Konstant. & L.Söderstr. and its occurrence in Portugal and the Azores
C. Sérgio, R. Gabriel, M. Sim-Sim, A. Martins, R. D. Porley, C. A. Garcia
Journal of Bryology  vol: 44  issue: 2  first page: 134  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/03736687.2022.2106008

2. Evolution of sexual systems and regressive evolution in Riccia
Jonathan Levins, Łukasz Paukszto, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Mateusz Maździarz, Billie C. Arch, D. Christine Cargill, Eduardo Flores‐Sandoval, Joanna Szablińska‐Piernik, Paweł Sulima, Monika Szczecińska, Samarth Kulshrestha, Kevin M. Davies, Jakub Sawicki, John L. Bowman
New Phytologist  vol: 246  issue: 2  first page: 769  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1111/nph.20454

3. Molecular Phylogenetic Reconstructions of the Marchantioid Liverwort Radiation
John A. Wheeler
The Bryologist  vol: 103  issue: 2  first page: 314  year: 2000  
doi: 10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0314:MPROTM]2.0.CO;2

4. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the genus Riccia L. (Ricciaceae) in Australia
D. Christine Cargill, Will C. Neal, Ish Sharma, Cécile Gueidan
Australian Systematic Botany  vol: 29  issue: 3  first page: 197  year: 2016  
doi: 10.1071/SB16018

5. Bryophytes collected in Lesotho, the Natal Drakensberg and the Orange Free State, southern Africa
N. G. Hodgetts, H. W. Matcham, J. G. Duckett
Journal of Bryology  vol: 21  issue: 2  first page: 133  year: 1999  
doi: 10.1179/jbr.1999.21.2.133

6. The monoicous secondarily aquatic liverwort Ricciocarpos natans as a model within the radiation of derived Marchantiopsida
Shilpi Singh, John L. Bowman
Frontiers in Plant Science  vol: 14  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1260596

7. An annotated check-list of the Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Europe and Macaronesia
Riclef Grolle, David G. Long
Journal of Bryology  vol: 22  issue: 2  first page: 103  year: 2000  
doi: 10.1179/jbr.2000.22.2.103