Aneura latissima Spruce

Reeb, Catherine & Gradstein, Robbert, 2020, A taxonomic revision of Aneuraceae (Marchantiophyta) from eastern Africa with an interactive identification key, Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (2), pp. 11-34 : 15-16

Aneura latissima Spruce

Riccardia latissima (Spruce) Schiffn., Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 67: 177 (1898) — Type: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Negro, on rotten logs, Spruce s.n. (syn-, MANCH!).

Aneura pseudopinguis (Herzog) Pócs, Acta Botanica Hungarica 29: 133 (1983) ( Riccardia pinguis Herzog ). — Type: Brazil, St. Catarina, Jaraguá , 3.X.1937, Carl s.n. (holo-, JE n.v.), syn. fide Gradstein (2013).

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Madagascar. Alaotra-Mangoro, Vohimana Reserve 18°55’09.9”S, 49°30’49.4”E, 827 m, 15.IV.2010, Reeb, Andriamanantena & Bidault CRAE142, (PC0724341A, TAN); Maromizaha Reserve 18°58’34.4”S, 48°27’54.5”E, 1095 m, 05.VII.2012, Reeb MTM1280 (PC, TAN); Sava, Makirovana, 14°10’29.3”S, 49°57’07.7”E, 695 m, 06.V.2010, Reeb CR282 (PC0763839).

DISTRIBUTION. — Tropical South America and tropical Africa ( Gradstein et al. 1983; Meenks & Pócs 1985). Widespread in tropical Africa, recorded from Angola, Bioko, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe (Wigginton 2018). Records of A. latissima from South Africa are referred to A. pinguis ( Perold 2001a) .

HABITAT. — On rotten wood and bark, rock and muddy banks in humid submontane and montane forests ( Meenks & Pócs 1985).

DESCRIPTION

Meenks & Pócs (1985), Wigginton (2004). Mycorrhiza-like fungi may be observed in thallus cross-section, but they do not seem to be constantly present in African Aneura .