Galapagos Species Database

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Riccia iodocheila Howe

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Hepatophyta

Class
Marchantiopsida

Order
Marchantiales

Family
Ricciaceae

Genus
Riccia

Species
iodocheila

Taxon category: Accepted

Type: Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, San Cristóbal, Wreck Bay, Howell 201 (Holotype NY)

References

  • Bischler-Causse, H. Gradstein, S.R., Jovet-Ast, S., Salazar Allen, N., & Long, D. (2005) Marchantiidae. Flora Neotropica Monogr. 97: 1-275.
  • Clark, L. (1953) Some Hepaticae from Galapagos, Cocos, and other Pacific coast islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 27 (18): 593-623.
  • 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.
  • Howe, M.A. (1934) The Hepaticae (chiefly Riccia and Anthocerotaceae) of the Galapagos Islands and the coast and islands of Central America and Mexico. The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 17. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 21 (17): 199-210.
  • 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. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Riccia iodocheila", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=4675. Accessed 30 October 2026.