Riccardia chamedryfolia

Riccardia chamedryfolia, the jagged germanderwort,[1] is a species of liverwort, a terrestrial plant which has been adapted by aquarist as an ornamental plant for the freshwater planted aquarium hobby. It is also known as Mini or Coral Pellia due to its growth similarity to coral when submerged underwater). It is native to the damp forests of south eastern places of Asia but is now generally spread throughout the world.

Riccardia chamedryfolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Jungermanniopsida
Order: Metzgeriales
Family: Aneuraceae
Genus: Riccardia
Species:
R. chamedryfolia
Binomial name
Riccardia chamedryfolia
(With.) Grolle

References
  1. Edwards, Sean R. (2012). English Names for British Bryophytes. British Bryological Society Special Volume. Vol. 5 (4 ed.). Wootton, Northampton: British Bryological Society. ISBN 978-0-9561310-2-7. ISSN 0268-8034.


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