Galapagos Species Database
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Riccia ianthiana
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Hepatophyta
Class
Marchantiopsida
Order
Marchantiales
Family
Ricciaceae
Genus
Riccia
Species
ianthiana
Taxon category: Accepted
accord. to Gradstein (2009) only known from the type: Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, San Salvador, 660 m, Pike 2762 (Holotype U)
Origin: Endemic
- 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. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
- 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. (1994) Die Moose der Galapagos Inseln. In: Zizka, G. & K. Klemmer (eds.): Pflanzen- und Tierwelt der Galapagos Inseln. Kleine Senckenbergreihe, Palmengarten, Frankfurt 20: 59-63.
- 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.
- Weber, W.A. (1984) Bryophytes and lichens of the Galápagos Islands. In: Oehser, P.H., Lea, J.S. & Powars, N.L. (eds.): National Geographic Society Research Report 16 (1975 Projects): 781-790.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Riccia ianthiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4674. Accessed 31 October 2026.