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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Taxonomic revision of Riccia (Ricciaceae, Marchantiophyta) in the monsoon tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia

D. Christine Cargill https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8390-3245 A B H , Karen Beckmann C F and Rod Seppelt D E G
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A Australian National Botanic Gardens, GPO Box 1777, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

B Australian National Herbarium, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, (a joint venture between the Director of National Parks and CSIRO), GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

C Royal Botanic Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

D Tasmanian Herbarium, College Road, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tas., Australia.

E Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Balaclava Road, North Ryde. NSW 2109, Australia.

F Present address: PO Box 353, Monbulk, Vic. 3793, Australia.

G Present address: 1 Lothian Avenue, Bundall, Qld 4217, Australia.

H Corresponding author. Email: chris.cargill@environment.gov.au

Australian Systematic Botany 34(4) 336-430 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB20030
Submitted: 12 November 2020  Accepted: 31 March 2021   Published: 25 June 2021

Journal Compilation © CSIRO 2021 Open Access CC BY-NC

Abstract

The genus Riccia L. in the monsoon tropics of the Northern Territory north of the 18°S latitude is revised. Sixteen species are described in detail, including four new species (R. abdita Cargill, R. chrysocrinita Cargill, R. obchantiana Cargill and R. verrucosa Cargill), with accompanying images and line drawings. A key to the species and distribution maps are provided.

Keywords: liverworts, northern Australia, Riccia abdita, R. chrysocrinita, R. obchantiana, R. verrucosa.


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