Genus Afroriccardia Reeb & Gradst. gen. nov.

Type species

Afroriccardia comosa (Steph.) Reeb & Gradst. (± Aneura comosa Steph.).

Diagnosis

Thallus (bi)pinnate. Main axis of thallus 2.5–4.0 mm wide. Rhizoids present over the whole width of the ventral thallus surface. Female branches to 1 mm long, archegonia in pairs, covered by a dense cluster of rhizoids with strongly thick-walled tips originating from beneath the apex of the female branch. Paraphyses lacking.

Remarks

Monospecific, contains only A. comosa from Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and Uganda.