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Riccia fluitans L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. 2: 1139. 1753.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001196749.

Synonyms of Riccia fluitans L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ricciella fluitans (L.) A.Braun Flora 4(48): 757. 1821. wfo-0001211376
Riccardia dichotoma Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 684. 1821. wfo-1000016354
Fysonia tenera Kashyap J. Indian Bot. Soc. 3: 203. 1923. wfo-1000017260
Riccia centrifuga Arnell Rev. Bryol. 4: 34. 1877. wfo-1000017290
Riccia media Klingm. Flora 146: 622. 1958. wfo-1000017331
Ricciella minor (Lindenb.) Trevis. Mem. Reale Ist. Lombardo Sci., Ser. 3, Cl. Sci. Mat. 4: 444. 1877. wfo-1000017406
Riccia canaliculata f. fluitans (L.) Fam. Denkschr. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 14: 12. 1920. wfo-1200005062
Riccia eudichotoma var. fluitans (L.) Bisch. Bemerk. Leberm.: 160. 1835. wfo-1200005073
Riccia fluitans f. fluitans wfo-1200005076
Ricciella fluitans f. fluitans wfo-1200005118
Riccia canaliculata var. fluitans (L.) Lindb. Musci Novi Scand.: 299. 1868. wfo-1200024534
Riccia fluitans subsp. fluitans wfo-1200028733
Ricciella fluitans var. fluitans wfo-1200028745
Riccia fluitans f. aquatica (T.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen Danmarks Mosser 1: 32. 1915. wfo-1200046294
Riccia fluitans f. gracilis Bouvet Bull. Soc. Études Sci. Angers, n.s. 25: 465. 1896. wfo-1200046295
Riccia fluitans f. lata Underw. Bull. Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist. 2(1): 28. 1884. wfo-1200046296
Riccia fluitans f. limicola Sim Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 15: 14. 1926. wfo-1200046297
Riccia fluitans f. minor (Lindenb.) Nees Naturgesch. Eur. Leberm. 4: 439. 1838. wfo-1200046299
Riccia fluitans var. nana Grognot Pl. Crypt. Saône-et-Loire: 47. 1863. wfo-1200046300
Riccia fluitans var. pallida Grognot ex Roum. Mém. Soc. Arts Sci. Carcassonne 5: 199. 1888. wfo-1200046302
Riccia fluitans f. terrestris Underw. Bull. Illinois State Lab. Nat. Hist. 2(1): 28. 1884. wfo-1200046305
Riccia fluitans var. viridescens Roum. Mém. Soc. Arts Sci. Carcassonne 5: 200. 1888. wfo-1200046306
Ricciella fluitans var. birmensis Lamothe Rech. Anat. Taxinom. Gamét. Marchantiales: 136. 1919. wfo-1200046390
Ricciella fluitans var. hydrophila Huebener Hepaticol. Germ.: 31. 1834. wfo-1200046392
Ricciella fluitans f. robusta Papp Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 14(3–4): 374. 1927. wfo-1200046394
Ricciella fluitans f. terrestris Casares-Gil Fl. Ibér. Brióf., Hepát.: 230. 1919. wfo-1200046395
Riccia fluitans var. aquatica T.Jensen Bot. Tidsskr. 1: 83. 1866. wfo-1200059338
Riccia fluitans var. lata Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees Syn. Hepat. (fasc. 4): 610. 1846. wfo-1200059339
Riccia fluitans var. minor Lindenb. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(1): 444. 1836[1837]. wfo-1200059341
Ricciella fluitans var. terrestris Lamothe Rech. Anat. Taxinom. Gamét. Marchantiales: 134. 1919. wfo-1200059365
Riccia fluitans subf. lata (Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees) Kavina wfo-1200063184

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