Original Research
Studies in the genus Riccia (Marchantiales) from southern Africa. 10. Two new white-scaled species of the group ‘Squamatae’: R. argenteolimbata and R. albomata
Bothalia | Vol 18, No 2 | a998 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v18i2.998
| © 1988 O. H. Volk, S. M. Perold, T. Bornefeld
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 22 October 1988 | Published: 23 October 1988
Submitted: 22 October 1988 | Published: 23 October 1988
About the author(s)
O. H. Volk, Botanische Anstalten d. Univ.,Wurzburg D8700, GermanyS. M. Perold, Botanical Research Institute. Department of Agriculture and Water Supply,, South Africa
T. Bornefeld,, Germany
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Two new white-scaled species, R. argenteolimbata and R. albomata have been isolated by one of us (Volk). R. argenteolimbata has a compact thallus with stiff, regular scales and apolar spores, whereas R. albomata has a
somewhat more spongy structure of the thallus, large, frilly, hyaline scales and polar spores.
somewhat more spongy structure of the thallus, large, frilly, hyaline scales and polar spores.
Keywords
Marchantiales; new species; nothopolyploidy; <i>Riccia</i>; southern Africa; taxonomy
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