Fissidens pascuanus Broth. (1920:243)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of F. linearis obscuriretis) (Stone, 1991; Suzuki & Iwatsuki, 2011; Brinda & Atwood, 2026)
This species was reportedly rediscovered by (Ireland & Bellolio, 2002) who considered it valid.
Distribution & Habitat
Easter Island (=Rapa Nui)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brotherus, V. F. (1920). Musci Insulae-Paschalis. Pp. 241-246, pl. 21-23. In: C. Skottsberg, The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island 2. Almquist & Wiksells, Uppsala.
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]
Ireland, Robert R. and Bellolio, Gilda. (2002). The Mosses of Easter Island. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 21(1): 11-19. https://doi.org/10.11646/bde.21.1.3
Miller, H. A., Whittier, H. O. and Whittier, B. A. (1978). Prodromus florae muscorum Polynesiae, with a key to genera. Bryophyt. Biblioth. 16: 334 pp.
Müller, F. and Pursell, R. A. (2003). The genus Fissidens (Musci, Fissidentaceae) in Chile. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 93: 117-139.
Pursell, R. A. (2002). Comments on the relationships of Fissidens philonotulus and F. pascuanus. Bryologist 105: 246-248.
Pursell, R. A. and Wigginton, M. J. (2010). Fissidens of Easter Island. Tropical Bryology 32(1): 45-49.
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.
Stone, I. G. (1991). Fissidens linearis Brid. and its synonyms. Journal of Bryology 16: 403-405.
Suzuki, T. and Iwatsuki, Z. (2011). Fissidens (Fissidentaceae, Bryopsida) from Papua New Guinea located in the herbarium of the Australian National Botanical Garden (CBG). Hattoria 2: 1-33.
Tropicos. (2026). Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 16 August 2026 <https://tropicos.org/name/35155269>
WFO. (2026). Fissidens pascuanus Broth. Published on the Internet. Available at: https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001178958 [Accessed on 16 August 2026]