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Bryophyta (Mosses)

† Refers to an extinct genus or higher.

 

Order: Bartramiales

Family: Bartramiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Bartramia alaris Dixon & Sainsbury (1933) - 1929 Havelock North, Hawke's Bay district, North Island, New Zealand & New South Wales, Australia Missing Access
             
Philonotis brevifolia Herzog (1954) - (rediscovered) Patagonia, southern Chile Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Dicranales

Family: Bruchiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Trematodon perssoniorum P.Allorge & Thér. ex V.Allorge (1951) - (rediscovered) São Miguel, Azores, Macaronesia Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Dicranaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Dicranella circinata Herzog (1954) - (rediscovered) southern Chile (Chiloé Island and adjacent mainland) Rediscovered Access
             
Dicranella lorentzii (Müll. Hal.) Kindb. (1889) - (rediscovered) north-western Argentina Rediscovered or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Oreoweisia brevidens Herzog (1939) - (rediscovered) Tsomgo Lake, Himalayas, Sikkim & Nandi hills, Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Fissidentaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Fissidens macrosporus Dixon (1921) - (rediscovered) Karnataka, Kerala & Malabar, Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Fissidens microstictus Dixon & Luisier (1937) - 1982 Madeira, Portugal Extinct Access

 

Family: Leucobryaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Campylopus extinctus Frahm (1996) - (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered in the Wild Access

 

 

Order: Grimmiales

Family: Grimmiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Grimmia pilosissima Herzog (1911) - 2 June 1906 or later Sardinia, Italy & Switzerland Rediscovered or Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Order: Hookeriales

Family: Pilotrichaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Lepidopilum grevilleanum Mitt. (1869) - ? Andean foothills, Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Order: Hypnales

Family: Brachytheciaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Flabellidium spinosum Herzog (1916) Santa Cruz bryophyte 1911 Santa Cruz Cordillera, Bolivia Extinct Access
             
Nobregaea latinervis Hedenäs (1992) - 1946 northeastern Madeira, Portugal Extinct Access

 

Family: Hypnaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Acritodon nephophilus H.Rob. (1964) - 1966 Oaxaca, Mexico Missing Access

 

Family: Neckeraceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
†Neomacounia nitida (Lindb.) Ireland (1974) Macoun's shining moss 20 July 1864 east of Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario province, Canada Extinct Access
             
Pinnatella gollanii Broth. (1931) - (rediscovered) Uttar Pradesh, India & central Nepal Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Sematophyllaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Rhaphidorrhynchium confertissimum (Mitt.) Broth. (1925) - (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Sorapillaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Sorapilla papuana Broth. & Geh. (1900) - (rediscovered) Indonesia (Seram), New Guinea & Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Sorapilla sprucei Mitten (1869) - 1857 Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Order: Orthotrichales

Family: Orthotrichaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Leratia scaberrima (Broth.) Goffinet, S.He & Shevock (2022) - (rediscovered) Yunnan Province, China Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Pottiales

Family: Pottiaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Pterygoneurum californicum H.A.Crum (1967) California chalkmoss ? Kern County, California, USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Tortella limbata (Schiffn.) Geh. & Herzog (1910) - (rediscovered) Gran Canaria and La Gomera, Canary Islands & Deserta Grande and Porto Santo, Madeiran Archipelago, Macaronesia Rediscovered Access

 

Statistics

Conservation status Number of taxa (in percentage)
   
Extinct 4 (18.19%)
Missing 4 (18.19%)
Extinct in the Wild 0
Possibly Extinct in the Wild 0
Globally Rediscovered 10 (45.45%)
Rediscovered in the Wild 1 (4.54%)
Hypothetical 0
Invalid 1 (4.54%)
Erroneously listed 0
Uncertain status 2 (9.09%)
   
Total 22

 

Appendix: possible future additions to the list above

Orthotrichum truncato-dentatum

 

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