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