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Purple-fringed Riccia

Mosses and Liverworts

Purple-fringed riccia, Ricciocarpos natans, is the only species in its genus, a floating liverwort of the family Ricciaceae whose dark green, heart- or Y-shaped thallus, up to a centimeter and a half across, floats freely on the surface of ponds and quiet water. It is distinguished from its close relatives in the genus Riccia by long, sword-shaped purple scales hanging from the underside of the floating thallus, and its species name, natans, Latin for swimming, describes its free-floating habit.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Scientific Name
Ricciocarpos natans 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Marchantiopsida, Taxa
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ricciocarpos natans
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Found In

Africa

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Purple-fringed RicciaDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Africa", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Purple-fringed RicciaDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Southern Asia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Purple-fringed RicciaDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Australia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
North America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Purple-fringed RicciaDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
South America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Purple-fringed RicciaDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "South America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Sources
1. Ricciocarpos (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    Ricciocarpos natans (vernacular name: fringed heartwort) is the only species in the genus Ricciocarpos, a genus of liverworts in the family Ricciaceae.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Ricciocarpos natans (vernacular name: fringed heartwort) is the only species in the genus Ricciocarpos, a genus of liverworts in the family Ricciaceae.
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2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species profiles for Ricciocarpos natans
Global Biodiversity Information FacilitySpecies profile
Quote, Species profile
"taxonKey": 2688638, "freshwater": true, "source": "Lista de flora acuática continental de Colombia"
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3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ricciocarpos natans
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon record
Quote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Ricciocarpos natans"
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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