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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) 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 Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Dicranaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Dicranella circinata Herzog (1954) - (rediscovered) Chile Rediscovered Access
             
Dicranella lorentzii (Müll. Hal.) Kindb. (1889) - (rediscovered) Argentina Rediscovered or invalid (synonym) Access
             
Oreoweisia brevidens Herzog (1939) - (rediscovered) Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Fissidentaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Fissidens macrosporus Dixon (1921) - (rediscovered) 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) - ? Sardinia, Italy 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 Madeira, Portugal Extinct Access

 

Family: Hypnaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Acritodon nephophilus H.Rob. (1964) - 1966 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 1864 Hastings County, Ontario province, Canada Extinct Access
             
Pinnatella gollanii Broth. (1931) - (rediscovered) India & Nepal Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Sorapillaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Sorapilla papuana Broth. & Geh. (1900) - (rediscovered) 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) China Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Pottiales

Family: Pottiaceae

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

 

 

Appendix: possible future additions to the list above

Orthotrichum truncato-dentatum

 

 

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