Borovichev, E.A. & V.A. Bakalin. A survey of Marchantiales in the Russian Far East II. Wiesnerellaceae – a new family for the Russian liverworts
flora
Arctoa (2014) 23: 1-4
doi:
10.15298/arctoa.23.01
In the course of
revision of Marchantiales for the Russian Far East, Wiesnerella denudata,
the only species of the monotypic family Wiesnerellaceae is recorded for the
first time in Russia. The plant has been found in Iturup and Shikotan Islands
of South Kurils), and this is the northernmost locality in the world, the
nearest previously known locality being in Honshu in Japan and on the southern
tip of the Korean Peninsula. The morphological description and figures based on
specimens from Russia are provided.