Nobregaea latinervis Hedenäs (1992)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Sim-Sim et al., 2014, 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025; Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)
Last record: 1946 (Sim-Sim et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025; Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
The species was not recorded by (Schwarz & Schumm, 2019).
Distribution & Habitat
northeastern Madeira, Madeiran Archipelago, Macaronesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hedenäs, L. (1992). Flora of Madeiran pleurocarpous mosses (Isobryales, Hypnobryales, Hookeriales). Bryophytorum Bibliotheca Lahre, Vaduz 44: 1-165, 32 figs.
Other references:
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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.
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]
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Hill, M. O. et al. (2006). An annotated checklist of the mosses of Europe and Macaronesia. Journal of Bryology (2006) 28: 198-267.
Hodgetts, N. G., L. Söderström, T. L. Blockeel, S. Caspari, M. S. Ignatov, N. A. Konstantinova, N. Lockhart, B. Papp, C. Schröck, M. Sim-Sim, D. Bell, N. E. Bell, H. H. Blom, M. A. Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. Brugués, J. Enroth, K. I. Flatberg, R. Garilleti, L. Hedenäs, D. T. Holyoak, V. Hugonnot, I. U. Kariyawasam, H. Köckinger, J. Kučera, F. Lara and R. D. Porley. (2020). An annotated checklist of bryophytes of Europe, Macaronesia and Cyprus. J. Bryol. 42(1): 1-116.
Schwarz, Uwe and Schumm, Felix. (2019). Contribution to the bryophyte flora of Madeira Island. Frahmia 16: 1-22.
Sim-Sim, Manuela, Hodgetts, N., Martins, A. and Gabriel, R. (2019). Nobregaea latinervis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T86200874A87712601. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T86200874A87712601.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2019.
Sim-Sim, Manuela, Ruas, Sara, Fontinha, Susana S., Hedenäs, Lars, Sérgio, C. and Lobo, C. (2014). Bryophyte conservation on a North Atlantic hotspot: threatened bryophytes in Madeira and Selvagens Archipelagos (Portugal). Systematics and Biodiversity 12(3): 315-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2014.918063
Tropicos. (2026). Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 16 August 2026 <https://tropicos.org/name/35186405>
WFO. (2026). Nobregaea latinervis Hedenäs. Published on the Internet. Available at: https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001197065 [Accessed on 16 August 2026]