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Riccia sp. (genus)

Liverwort at Kowen, ACT

Riccia sp. (genus) at Kowen, ACT - 20 Mar 2020
Riccia sp. (genus) at Kowen, ACT - 20 Mar 2020
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Identification history

Riccia sp. (genus) 23 Mar 2020 Heino1
Riccia sp. (genus) 20 Mar 2020 KenT
Unidentified 20 Mar 2020 JaneR

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Several clumps on wet muds and moist organic soils in amongst boulders around a non-flowing backwater, One phot shows he plant underwater (very shallow) and bubbles forming on frond, from photosynthesis.

4 comments

KenT wrote:
   21 Mar 2020
Have you considered Riccia fluitans? Or it could be another specimen of the images shown in sighting 4253138
Heino1 wrote:
   23 Mar 2020
From Chris Cargill: Definitely not Riccia fluitans. We don’t have Riccia fluitans in Australia. It will either be Riccia multifida or Riccia duplex.
KenT wrote:
   23 Mar 2020
Interesting, Riccia fluitans is listed on some Australian websites as being for sale in Australia as part of the aquarium plant trade. Could an aquarium discard potentially lead to the establishment of this species in Australia?
Heino1 wrote:
   24 Mar 2020
Question is: Are they selling real fluitans or some local fluitans-like species?

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