Galapagos Species Database
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Riccia limicola
Rounded lobes 2-3 times forked, dorsal side grayish green or light green and shiny. Sporangia bulge ventrally.
Endemic, found on acidic clayey soil from sea level to 650m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Hepatophyta
Class
Marchantiopsida
Order
Marchantiales
Family
Ricciaceae
Genus
Riccia
Species
limicola
Taxon category: Accepted
In Weber (1975) as Riccia fluitans, fide Gradstein (2009); Type: Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, Santa Cruz, beside Alf Kastdalen's house above Bellavista, Weber B-41244 (Holotype PC, Isotype U)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands
- Bischler-Causse, H. Gradstein, S.R., Jovet-Ast, S., Salazar Allen, N., & Long, D. (2005) Marchantiidae. Flora Neotropica Monogr. 97: 1-275.
- Gradstein, S.R. (2009) Annotated catalogue of the liverworts and hornworts of the Galápagos Islands. Bibliotheca Lichenologica: Biodiversity and ecology of lichens - Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman 99: 143-162.
- Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
- Jovet-Ast, S. (1978) Riccia des Îles Galápagos. Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 44(4): 411-428.
- León-Yánez, S. Gradstein, S.R. & Wegner, C. (2006) Hepáticas (Marchantiophyta) y Antoceros (Anthocerotophyta) del Ecuador, catálogo. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, 101 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Riccia limicola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3337. Accessed 31 October 2026.