Reboulia

Reboulia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Marchantiales
Family: Aytoniaceae
Genus: Reboulia
Raddi 1818, nom. cons.
Species:
R. hemisphaerica
Binomial name
Reboulia hemisphaerica
Synonyms
  • Asterella hemisphaerica Beauv.
  • Grimaldia hemisphaerica Lindenb.
  • Marchantia hemisphaerica L.
  • Reboulia queenslandica (Stephani) M. Hicks

Reboulia hemisphaerica, the hemisphaeric liverwort or small mushroom-headed liverwort, is the only species of liverwort in the genus Reboulia.

A possible second species Reboulia queenslandica (Stephani) M. Hicks was published in 1992, but it was later determined to be a polyploid cross between two varieties of R. hemisphaerica, so not a distinct species. Subsequent lists and publications do not recognize it as distinct.

Riccardin C is a phenolic cyclic bibenzyl secondary metabolite isolated from R. hemisphaerica, as is marchantinquinone.