Purple Crystalwort

Riccia beyrichiana

Hampe ex Lehm. Species

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Botanical name
Riccia beyrichiana
Also known as
Purple Crystalwort
Family
Ricciaceae
Genus
Riccia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Purple Crystalwort

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Riccia beyrichiana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Riccia beyrichiana var. glaucescens Riccia bifurca subsp. lescuriana Riccia bifurca var. lescuriana Riccia glaucescens Riccia lescuriana Riccia lescuriana var. ciliaris Riccia lescuriana var. cruciata Riccia lescuriana var. glaucescens Riccia lescuriana var. inermis Riccia lescuriana var. subinermis Riccia lescuriana var. trichotoma Riccia lesquereuxii Riccia levieri Riccia levieri f. montana Riccia levieri var. algarvica Riccia marginata Riccia subinermis var. crassa Riccia wichurae

Others in Riccia

Riccia asservanda
Riccia atlantica
Riccia bicarinata
Riccia breutelii
Riccia albomarginata
Riccia albovestita
Riccia aravalliensis
Riccia bicolorata

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