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ANEURACEAE

Reeb, Catherine & Gradstein, Robbert, 2020, A taxonomic revision of Aneuraceae (Marchantiophyta) from eastern Africa with an interactive identification key, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (2), pp. 11-34 : 14

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 https://doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2020v41a2

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 ANEURACEAE
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Family ANEURACEAE View in CoL

A family of five genera worldwide ( Preussing et al. 2010; Rabeau et al. 2017), including three in Africa: Riccardia Gray , Aneura Dumort. and Afroriccardia Reeb & Gradst. The principal characteristics of Aneuraceae are: 1) thallus pinnate or unbranched; 2) midrib usually indistinct; 3) gametoecia at thallus margins or on short lateral branches; 4) sporophyte in a fleshy calyptra; and 5) elaters attached to the tips of the valves.

PREUSSING M., OLSSON S., SCHAFER-VERWIMP A., WICKETT N. J., WICKE S., QUANDT D. & NEBEL M. 2010. - New insights in the evolution of the liverwort family Aneuraceae (Metzgeriales, Marchantiophyta), with emphasis on the genus Lobatiriccardia. Taxon 59: 1424 - 1440. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / tax. 595009

RABEAU L., NEBEL M., DUBUISSON J. - Y., KRAUSE C., GRADSTEIN R., QUANDT D. & REEB C. 2017. - New insights into the phylogeny and relationships among the worldwide genus Riccardia (Aneuraceae, Marchantiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 273: 1 - 26.

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