Dicranum borbonicum Renauld & Cardot (1889)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (Hedderson et al., 2026)
Last (and only) record: 1889 (Hedderson et al., 2026)
Rediscovered on: 12 November 2025 (Hedderson et al., 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Réunion, Mascarene Islands
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hedderson, Terry A., Wilding, Nicholas, Bardat, Jacques and Ah-Peng, Claudine. (2026). Missing for 136 years: the Réunion endemic, Dicranum borbonicum
(Dicranaceae), rediscovered and lectotypified. Hattoria 17: 67-73.
Renauld, F. (1898). Prodrome de la flore bryologique de Madagascar, des Mascareignes et des Comores. Imprimerie de Monaco, Monaco.
Wilding, N., Hedderson, T. A. J., Leblond, S., Pócs, T., Gradstein, R., Brinda, J. C., Reeb, C., Dejonghe, Q., Bardat, J. and Ah-Peng, C. (2026). An updated checklist of the bryophytes of Réunion. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 47: 47-83.