Riccardia prorata Glenny

NZOR Identifier: b433f337-9a5a-4d1d-8f89-d3da3649e6ac

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id b8368341-1dd4-433d-8d54-43317f4a6e41)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Marchantiophyta
class
Jungermanniopsida
subclass
Metzgeriidae
order
Metzgeriales
family
Aneuraceae
genus
Riccardia
species
Riccardia prorata Glenny

Providers

Scientific Name

Authority
Glenny
Rank
species
Published in
Glenny, D. 2025: A new minute Riccardia species from penalpine tussockland in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Telopea 29: 299–306. (Published online: 20 November 2025)
Micro-reference (page)
300–303
Year
2025
Nomenclatural Comment
Type: New Zealand, Canterbury, Craigieburn Range, Craigieburn skifield, Alan’s Basin, 800 m east of Craigieburn Valley Ski Club skifield, 43.109°S 171.709°E, 1335 m, Chionochloa pallens / Celmisia walkeri tussockland on hillslope, on A-horizon soil and damp decomposed C. pallens leaf litter in damp hollows underneath tussocks, 8 Mar 2025, D. Glenny 15813, Male and female (holo: CHR 699119), The epithet prorata refers to the obliquely projecting cells of the epidermis, a feature not shared with any other Riccardia species in New Zealand or Australia. Prora means prow in Greek.
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
b8368341-1dd4-433d-8d54-43317f4a6e41
According to
Glenny, D. 2025: A new minute Riccardia species from penalpine tussockland in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Telopea 29: 299–306. (Published online: 20 November 2025)
Has Parent
Riccardia (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Riccardia prorata Glenny (In use by NZOR) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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