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Riccardia gynandra Glenny

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Riccardia gynandra Glenny (2026)
Riccardia gynandra Glenny

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Glenny, D. (2026)
Only known from the type locality on Rakiura.

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Glenny
Glenny
2026
138–142
ICN
Riccardia gynandra Glenny
species
Riccardia gynandra
Gynandra — from Greek γυνή, γυναικός (gynē, gynaikos), “female.” and ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός (anēr, andros), “male.” The epithet refers to the distinctive sexual morphology of the species, in which male and female reproductive branches occur.
Type: New Zealand: Rakiura / Stewart Island, Tūtaekawetoweto / Lords River, gully behind Lords River Hut, 168.132343°E, 47.105632°S, 15 m, forest of Metrosideros umbellata and Pterophylla racemosa with Dicksonia squarrosa and Carpodetus serratus understorey, on rotting wood and Dicksonia tree fern debris, with Lobatiriccardia alterniloba, Pohlia sp., 18 February 2019, D. Glenny 14446 (holotype: CHR 657841; isotype: F).

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Plantae
Marchantiophyta
Jungermanniopsida
Metzgeriales
Aneuraceae
Riccardia
gynandra

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typification
Type: New Zealand: Rakiura / Stewart Island, Tūtaekawetoweto / Lords River, gully behind Lords River Hut, 168.132343°E, 47.105632°S, 15 m, forest of Metrosideros umbellata and Pterophylla racemosa with Dicksonia squarrosa and Carpodetus serratus understorey, on rotting wood and Dicksonia tree fern debris, with Lobatiriccardia alterniloba, Pohlia sp., 18 February 2019, D. Glenny 14446 (holotype: CHR 657841; isotype: F).
Glenny, D. 2026: Riccardia gynandra (Aneuraceae, Marchantiophyta) a new species from Rakiura, New Zealand, similar to R. crassa. Telopea 30: 137–143. (Published online: 17 April 2026)
Etymology
Gynandra — from Greek γυνή, γυναικός (gynē, gynaikos), “female.” and ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός (anēr, andros), “male.” The epithet refers to the distinctive sexual morphology of the species, in which male and female reproductive branches occur.
Glenny, D. 2026: Riccardia gynandra (Aneuraceae, Marchantiophyta) a new species from Rakiura, New Zealand, similar to R. crassa. Telopea 30: 137–143. (Published online: 17 April 2026)

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6 May 2026
6 May 2026
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