taxonID	type	description	language	source
1A53012A1161A85DFF1B3D9BFE82FCD5.taxon	materials_examined	- Holotype: Paraguay, Asunción, Balansa 3706 (PC). (Figure 2)	en	Athira, S., Daniels, A. E. D. (2022): Riccia stenophylla Spruce (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta) - a new report for Asia from the Western Ghats of India. Phytotaxa 568 (3): 277-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4
1A53012A1161A85DFF1B3D9BFE82FCD5.taxon	description	Plants monoicous, in overlapping patches, spongy, pale green to yellow-green. Thallus 5 – 8 × 1 – 2.5 mm, 1 – 3 - times dichotomously branched, hyaline or translucent towards margin; segments divergent, linear, broadly acute to truncate at apex; dorsal groove distinct at apex broadening towards base; ventral scales semilunar, as broad as thallus, conspicuous towards apex of thallus; rhizoids dense, mostly tuberculate. Thallus 3 – 5 - times as broad as high in cross section, oblongovate; air pore ca 48 × 42 µm, surrounded by a ring of 5 concentric cells; air chambers large; epidermal cells 22 – 35 × 20 – 30 µm, barrel-shaped in dorsal view, hyaline. Antheridial necks along median groove, ca 192 × 60 µm from the dorsal surface. Sporogonium along mid-dorsal line, of segments and main thallus, sunken, protruding ventrally. Spores ovoid-tetrahedral, 90 – 108 × 60 – 90 × 90 – 102 µm, with 6 or 7 areolae on the distal face, winged, reddish-brown to dark brown; areolae ridged, 12 – 25 × 18 – 25 µm; wings translucent, pale yellowish-orange; proximal face with ridged areolae; areolae 6 – 10 × 6 – 25 µm; triradiate mark distinct, reaching wing.	en	Athira, S., Daniels, A. E. D. (2022): Riccia stenophylla Spruce (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta) - a new report for Asia from the Western Ghats of India. Phytotaxa 568 (3): 277-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4
1A53012A1161A85DFF1B3D9BFE82FCD5.taxon	biology_ecology	Habitat: Terricolous, near water sources in mixed plantations, ca 1000 m.	en	Athira, S., Daniels, A. E. D. (2022): Riccia stenophylla Spruce (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta) - a new report for Asia from the Western Ghats of India. Phytotaxa 568 (3): 277-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4
1A53012A1161A85DFF1B3D9BFE82FCD5.taxon	distribution	Distribution: North and South America and India: Western Ghats.	en	Athira, S., Daniels, A. E. D. (2022): Riccia stenophylla Spruce (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta) - a new report for Asia from the Western Ghats of India. Phytotaxa 568 (3): 277-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4
1A53012A1161A85DFF1B3D9BFE82FCD5.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined: India, Western Ghats, Kerala, Idukki District, 66 th Mile, ca 1000 m, 22.3.2022, S. Athira 174, 176 (SCCN).	en	Athira, S., Daniels, A. E. D. (2022): Riccia stenophylla Spruce (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta) - a new report for Asia from the Western Ghats of India. Phytotaxa 568 (3): 277-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.568.3.4
