Acritodon nephophilus H.Rob. (1964)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
The genus Acritodon is currently considered to be monotypic (Brinda & Atwood, 2026).
Conservation Status
Missing (Tan, 2012b)
Last record (disputed): 1966 (Tan, 2012b); 2 February 1975 (Tropicos, 2026)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Type locality: "Mexico. Oaxaca: Sierra Juarez above Valle Nacional, Route 175, cloud forest near km 96" (Tropicos, 2026)
Biology & Ecology
An epiphyte (Tan, 2012a,b).
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Robinson, Harold E. (1964). New taxa and new records of bryophytes from Mexico and Central America. The Bryologist 67(4): 446-458. [Abstract]
Other references:
Brinda, John C. and Atwood, John J. (eds.). (2026). The Bryophyte Nomenclator, 14 Jul 2026. Available at: https://www.bryonames.org/ [Accessed on 16 August 2026]
Bryophyte Specialist Group. (2000). Acritodon nephophilus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T39187A10168108. Accessed on 16 August 2026.
Crosby, M. R., Magill, R. E., Allen, B. H. and He, S. (2000). A Checklist of the Mosses. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden. vi + 320 pp.
Crum, H. A. (1994). Acritodon, pp. 980-983. In: Sharp, A. J., Crum, H. A. and Eckel, P. M. (eds.). The moss flora of Mexico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 69: 1-1113.
Delgadillo Moya, Claudio. (1996). Moss Conservation in Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Serie Botanica 67(1): 177-181.
Delgadillo Moya, Claudio and Soriano, Á. Cárdenas. (2011). Bryophyta (Musci), pp. 137-148 [color photos on pp. 65-66]. In: García-Mendoza, Abisaí Josué and Meave del Castillo, Jorge Arturo (eds.). Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas (Colecciones y Lista de Especies). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria. 352 pp. + CD-ROM.
Goffinet, B., Buck, W. R. and Shaw, A. J. (2008). Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta, pp. 55-138. In: Goffinet, B. and Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hallingbäck, Tomas and Hodgetts, Nick. (compilers). (2000). Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Bryophytes. IUCN/SSC Bryophyte Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 106 pp. [p. 77]
Hilton-Taylor, Craig. (2000). 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Tan, B. C. (2012a). Acritodon nephophilus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T39187A2890350. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T39187A2890350.en. Downloaded on 16 November 2016.
Tan, B. C. (2012b). Acritodon nephophilus (errata version published in 2018). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T39187A128387170. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T39187A2890350.en. Accessed on 24 September 2023.
Tropicos. (2016). Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 16 August 2026 <https://tropicos.org/name/35168334>
WFO. (2026). Acritodon nephophilus H.Rob. Published on the Internet. Available at: https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001186274 [Accessed on 16 August 2026]
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