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Riccardia sphagnicola Glenny

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Glenny, D. (2025)

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Glenny
Glenny
Glenny, D. 2025: Riccardia sphagnicola sp. nov. (Marchantiophyta, Aneuraceae) a filamentous penalpine bog species of the New Zealand mountains with a comparison to six similar New Zealand species. Telopea 29: 127–147. (Published online: 20 May 2025)
2025
130–135
ICN
Riccardia sphagnicola Glenny
species
Riccardia sphagnicola
Sphagnum-loving, as the species has most often been found growing through Sphagnum cristatum.
Type: New Zealand: Westland, Newton Range, Mt Brown, 1122 m, 171.201°E 42.869°S, growing through Sphagnum cristatum, in sloping bog of Chionochloa rubra + Juncus effusus / Oreobolus pectinatus + Sphagnum cristatum + S. falcatulum, with Lichenomphalia umbellifera, Celmisia glandulosa, Pleurophascum ovalifolium, and Drosera arcturi, 10 Jan 2024, D. Glenny 15670. Plants male. Holotype: CHR 691238; isotypes: AK, F, HO.

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Plantae
Marchantiophyta
Jungermanniopsida
Metzgeriales
Aneuraceae
Riccardia
sphagnicola

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Sphagnum cristatum Hampe
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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Riccardia sphagnicola Glenny
Riccardia sphagnicola Glenny 2025
Glenny, D. (2025)
Riccardia sphagnicola Glenny
Riccardia Gray

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Riccardia sphagnicola Glenny
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Riccardia sphagnicola Glenny
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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typification
Type: New Zealand: Westland, Newton Range, Mt Brown, 1122 m, 171.201°E 42.869°S, growing through Sphagnum cristatum, in sloping bog of Chionochloa rubra + Juncus effusus / Oreobolus pectinatus + Sphagnum cristatum + S. falcatulum, with Lichenomphalia umbellifera, Celmisia glandulosa, Pleurophascum ovalifolium, and Drosera arcturi, 10 Jan 2024, D. Glenny 15670. Plants male. Holotype: CHR 691238; isotypes: AK, F, HO.
Glenny, D. 2025: Riccardia sphagnicola sp. nov. (Marchantiophyta, Aneuraceae) a filamentous penalpine bog species of the New Zealand mountains with a comparison to six similar New Zealand species. Telopea 29: 127–147. (Published online: 20 May 2025)
Etymology
Sphagnum-loving, as the species has most often been found growing through Sphagnum cristatum.
Glenny, D. 2025: Riccardia sphagnicola sp. nov. (Marchantiophyta, Aneuraceae) a filamentous penalpine bog species of the New Zealand mountains with a comparison to six similar New Zealand species. Telopea 29: 127–147. (Published online: 20 May 2025)

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30 May 2025
12 June 2025
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