Entosthodon gymnostomus (Broth.) Li Zhang & Goffinet (2023:1223)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Brachymeniopsis gymnostoma Broth. (1929:48)
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (Zhang et al., 2023; Santana de Lima, 2026)
Last record: 1916 (Zhang et al., 2023)
Rediscovered in: 2018 (Zhang et al., 2023)
Distribution & Habitat
Himalayan region
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brotherus, V. F. (1929). Musci. In: H. Handel-Mazzetti (ed.), Symbolae Sinicae: Botanische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien nach Südwest-China, 1914/1918, part 4. Wien: Springer. 147 pp.
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]
Santana de Lima, Isabele Souza. (2026). The world’s rediscovered mosses / Världens återupptäckta mossor. Bachelor's thesis, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad University. 15 pp.
Tropicos. (2026). Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 16 August 2026 <https://tropicos.org/name/100543879>
WFO. (2026). Entosthodon gymnostomus (Broth.) Li Zhang & Goffinet. Published on the Internet. Available at: https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-1000062204 [Accessed on 16 August 2026]
Zhang, L., Q. Zuo, W.-Z. Ma, J. R. Shevock, N. R. Patel, M. G. Johnson, R. Medina, N. Wilding and B. Goffinet. (2023). Phylogenomics resolves the rediscovered Himalayan endemic Brachymeniopsis gymnostoma (Bryophyta, Funariaceae), as a species of Entosthodon, prompting also the transfer of Clavitheca poeltii. Taxon 72(6): 1216-1227. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13106