Riccia glauca L.
(Glaucous Crystalwort)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRiccia glauca (Glaucous Crystalwort)
GenusRiccia (a genus of thallose liverworts)
FamilyRICCIACEAE (a family of thallose liverworts)
OrderMARCHANTIALES (an order of thallose liverworts)
SubclassMARCHANTIIDAE (thallose liverworts)
ClassMARCHANTIOPSIDA (thallose liverworts)
PhylumMARCHANTIOPHYTA (liverworts)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Riccia glauca (Glaucous Crystalwort) :
1: Riccia glauca (Glaucous Crystalwort)
29 Mar 2021 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
patch of rosettes in unploughed field (Fodder Maize last year)
Image 1: Small thalliImage 2: ThallusImage 3: Thallus (2)Image 4: Two thalliImage 5: Two thalli (2)Image 6: Thallus broken open to show mature sporophyte - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Spores - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Spores - magnified - white background (2)

Riccia glauca (Glaucous Crystalwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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