Phylum: Bryophyta (Mosses)
The taxonomy presented here follows the World Flora Online's WFO Plant List as at mid-August 2026. The '†' symbol refers to an extinct genus (n=3). Last records are underlined if they represent the singlular scientific record of a taxon.
Class: Andreaeobryopsida
Order: Andreaeobryales
—No subordinate taxa
Class: Andreaeopsida
Order: Andreaeales
—No subordinate taxa
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Bartramiales
Family: Bartramiaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Bartramia alaris Dixon & Sainsbury (1933) | - | eastern Australia & New Zealand | Missing (1929) | Access |
| Philonotis brevifolia Herzog (1954) | - | Patagonia, southern Chile | Invalid [synonym] | Access |
Family: Helicophyllaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Bryales
Family: Bryaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Rosulabryum andersonii (H.A. Crum) J.R. Spence (2009) | Anderson's melon-moss | Macon County, North Carolina, USA | Missing (1951) | Access |
Families: Leptostomataceae, Mniaceae, Phyllodrepaniaceae, Pulchrinodaceae, Roellobryaceae,
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Hookeriales
Family: Callicostaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Lepidopilum grevilleanum Mitt. (1869) | - | Andean foothills, Ecuador | Rediscovered | Access |
Families: Daltoniaceae, Hookeriaceae, Leucomiaceae, Saulomataceae, Schimperobryaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Hypnales
Family: Anomodontaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Anomodon perlingulatus Broth. ex P.C. Wu & Y. Jia (2000) | dai-ye niu-she xian, 带叶牛舌藓 | China & Laos | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Amblystegiaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Anacamptodon validinervis Dixon & Potier de la Varde (1927) | - | Palani Hills, Western Ghats, India | Rediscovered | Access |
| Drepanocladus cardotii (Thér.) Hedenäs (1997) | Cardot's hook moss | Avalanche Basin, northwestern Montana, USA | Missing (1898) | Access |
Family: Brachytheciaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| †Flabellidium spinosum Herzog (1916) | Santa Cruz bryophyte | Santa Cruz Cordillera, Bolivia | Extinct (January 1911) | Access |
| †Nobregaea latinervis Hedenäs (1992) | - | northeastern Madeira, Macaronesia | Extinct (1946) | Access |
| Oxyrrhynchium ovatum Cardot & Potier de la Varde (1924) | - | Western Ghats, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Hypnaceae
Family:
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Acritodon nephophilus H.Rob. (1964) | - | Oaxaca, Mexico | Missing (1966 or 1975) | Access |
Family: Neckeraceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| †Neomacounia nitida (Lindb.) Ireland (1974) | Macoun's shining moss | Ontario province, Canada | Extinct (20 July 1864) | Access |
| Pinnatella gollanii Broth. (1931) | - | Uttar Pradesh, India & central Nepal | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Sematophyllaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Rhaphidorrhynchium confertissimum (Mitt.) Broth. (1925) | - | India | Rediscovered | Access |
| Sematophyllum grandicellulosum (Paris) Broth. (1925) | - | Argentina | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Sorapillaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Sorapilla papuana Broth. & Geh. (1900) | - | Indonesia, New Guinea & Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Sorapilla sprucei Mitten (1869) | - | Ecuador | Missing (1857) | Access |
Families: Acrocladiaceae, Antitrichiaceae, Callicladiaceae, Calliergonaceae, Catagoniaceae, Climaciaceae, Cryphaeaceae, Ctenidiaceae, Echinodiaceae, Entodontaceae, Fabroniaceae, Fontinalaceae, Habrodontaceae, Helodiaceae, Heterocladiellaceae, Hydropogonellaceae, Hylocomiaceae, Jocheniaceae, Lembophyllaceae, Lepyrodontaceae, Leskeaceae, Leucodontaceae, Meteoriaceae, Microtheciellaceae, Miyabeaceae, Myriniaceae, Myuriaceae, Orthostichellaceae, Phyllogoniaceae, Plagiotheciaceae, Prionodontaceae, Pseudoleskeaceae, Pseudoleskeellaceae, Pterigynandraceae, Pterobryaceae, Pylaisiaceae, Pylaisiadelphaceae, Regmatodontaceae, Rhizofabroniaceae, Rhytidiaceae, Rutenbergiaceae, Scorpidiaceae, Stereodontaceae, Stereophyllaceae, Symphyodontaceae, Taxiphyllaceae, Theliaceae, Thuidiaceae, Trachylomataceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Orthotrichales
Family: Orthotrichaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Leratia scaberrima (Broth.) Goffinet, S.He & Shevock (2022) | - | Yunnan province, China | Rediscovered | Access |
| Lewinskya truncatodentata (Müll. Hal.) F. Lara, Garilleti & Goffinet (2016) | - | Isla Recreo, Argentina & Montevideo, Uruguay | Missing (28 March 1880) | Access |
Orders: Aulacomniales, Hedwigiales, Hypnodendrales, Hypopterygiales, Orthodontiales, Ptychomniales, Rhizogoniales, Splachnales
—No subordinate taxa
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Archidiales
Family: Leucobryaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Campylopus extinctus Frahm (1996) | - | Brazil | Rediscovered in the Wild | Access |
Families: Archidiaceae, Micromitriaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Bruchiales
Family: Bruchiaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Trematodon perssoniorum P.Allorge & Thér. ex V.Allorge (1951) | - | São Miguel, Azores, Macaronesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Rhamphidiaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Dicranales
Family: Dicranaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Dicranella circinata Herzog (1954) | - | southern Chile (incl. Chiloé Island) | Rediscovered | Access |
| Dicranella lorentzii (Müll. Hal.) Kindb. (1889) | - | north-western Argentina | Uncertain [Rediscovered or Invalid (synonym)] | Access |
| Dicranum borbonicum Renauld & Cardot (1889) | - | Réunion, Mascarene Islands | Rediscovered | Access |
| Oreoweisia brevidens Herzog (1939) | - | Western Ghats & Sikkim, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Fissidentaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Fissidens macrosporus Dixon (1921) | - | India (Karnataka, Kerala & Malabar) | Rediscovered | Access |
| Fissidens microstictus Dixon & Luisier (1937) | - | Madeira, Macaronesia | Extinct (1982) | Access |
| Fissidens pascuanus Broth. (1920) | - | Easter Island (=Rapa Nui) | Invalid [synonym] | Access |
Families: Aongstroemiaceae, Bryowijkiaceae, Calymperaceae, Chrysoblastellaceae, Dicranellaceae, Dicranellopsidaceae, Hypodontiaceae, Octoblepharaceae, Ruficaulaceae, Schistostegaceae, Serpotortellaceae, Viridivelleraceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Distichiales
Family: Timmiellaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Timmiella acaulon (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander (1993) | - | Argentina | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Distichiaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Grimmiales
Family: Grimmiaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Grimmia brittoniae R.S. Williams (1900) | Britton's dry rock moss, Britton's black rock moss | Montana, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
| Grimmia pilosissima Herzog (1911) | - | Sardinia, Italy & Switzerland | Uncertain [Rediscovered or Invalid (synonym)] | Access |
Family: Ptychomitriaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Ptychomitrium subcylindricum Thér. (1937) | - | Easter Island (=Rapa Nui) | Rediscovered | Access |
Families: Saelaniaceae, Seligeriaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Pterygoneurum californicum H.A.Crum (1967) | California chalkmoss | Kern County, California, USA | Invalid [synonym] | Access |
| Tortella limbata (Schiffn.) Geh. & Herzog (1910) | - | Canary Islands & Madeiran Archipelago, Macaronesia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Weissia minuta (Dixon & P. de la Varde) M.N. Aziz & Vohra (2008) | - | Palani Hills, Western Ghats, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Families: Ceratodontaceae, Ditrichaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Sorapillales
Family: Sorapillaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Sorapilla papuana Broth. & Geh. (1900) | - | Indonesia, New Guinea & Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Sorapilla sprucei Mitten (1869) | Ecuador | Missing (1857) | Access | |
Orders: Amphidiales, Bryoxiphiales, Catoscopiales, Erpodiales, Eustichiales, Flexitrichales, Mitteniales, Pleurophascales, Pseudoditrichales, Rhabdoweisiales, Rhizogemmales, Scouleriales
—No subordinate taxa
Subclass: Buxbaumiidae
Order: Buxbaumiales
—No subordinate taxa
Subclass: Diphysciidae
Order: Diphysciales
—No subordinate taxa
Subclass: Funariidae
Order: Funariales
Family: Funariaceae
| Scientific Name & Authority | Common Name/s | Distribution (Habitat) | Status (Last Record) | Taxon Profile |
| Entosthodon gymnostomus (Broth.) Li Zhang & Goffinet (2023) | - | Himalayan region | Rediscovered | Access |
| Entosthodon poeltii (Ochyra) Li Zhang & Goffinet (2023) | - | Himalayan region | Rediscovered | Access |
| Funaria polaris Bryhn (1906) | Polar cord moss | Canada & Alaska, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Orders: Disceliales, Encalyptales
—No subordinate taxa
Subclass: Gigaspermidae
Order: Gigaspermales
—No subordinate taxa
Subclass: Timmiidae
Order: Timmiales
—No subordinate taxa
Class: Polytrichopsida
Orders: Oedipodiales, Polytrichales, Tetraphidales
—No subordinate taxa
Class: Sphagnopsida
Order: Sphagnales
—No subordinate taxa
Class: Takakiopsida
Order: Takakiales
—No subordinate taxa
Statistics
| Conservation status | Number of taxa (in percentage) |
| Extinct | 4 |
| Missing | 7 |
| Extinct in the Wild | 0 |
| Possibly Extinct in the Wild | 0 |
| Globally Rediscovered | 23 |
| Rediscovered in the Wild | 1 |
| Reintroduced | 0 |
| Uncertain status | 2 |
| Hypothetical | 0 |
| Total | 36 (100%) |
| Erroneously listed | 0 |
| Invalid | 3 |
| Grand total | 40 (111.11%) |