Riella alatospora Wigglesworth (1937)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1932 (Segarra-Moragues et al., 2011)
Rediscovered in May 2011 (Segarra-Moragues et al., 2011)
Distribution
South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wigglesworth, G. (1937). South African species of Riella, íncluding an account on the developmental stages of three of the species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 51: 309-332.
Other references:
Perold, S. M. (2000). Studies in the Sphaerocarpales (Hepaticae) from southern Africa. 3. The genus Riella and its local species. Bothalia 30: 125-142.
Segarra-Moragues, J. G., Puche, F. and Sabovljević, M. (2011). Rediscovery of Riella alatospora (Riellaceae, Sphaerocarpales), an aquatic, South African endemic liverwort previously known from a now largely transformed type locality. South African Journal of Botany 79: 32-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2011.11.006