Marchantia domingensis Lehm. & Lindenb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Marchantiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Thallus pale to dark green, mostly 2-3 cm. long and 4-6 mm. wide, flat or slightly furrowed, sinuate along the margin. Ventral scales more or less pigmented, in two longitudinal rows on each side of the middle, those of the inner row with broadly lanceolate to ovate, toothed appendages; antheridial receptacle deeply lobed, the lobes mostly four to six, palmately spreading; carpocephalum deeply rayed, the rays mostly seven, not cylindrical; spores spherical about 28m in diameter, with low irregular ridges; elaters bispiral; gemmaeconeeptaeles closely short-ciliate.
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Distribution
Along a drain, Fort Charlotte, New Providence : southern United States ; West Indies : Mexico ; Central America and Venezuela. Previously listed from the Bahamas as M. chenopocla L. Santo Domingo Marchantia.
New Providence Bahamas South America| West Indies| México Mexico North America| Central America| Venezuela South America|