Gymnostomum

Gymnostomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Pottiales
Family: Pottiaceae
Genus: Gymnostomum
Nees & Hornsch.

Gymnostomum is a genus of bryophyte in family Pottiaceae.[1] It was first described by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck and Christian Friedrich Hornschuch.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Gymnostomum:[3]

  • Gymnostomum aeruginosum Sm.
  • Gymnostomum bahiense Salzm. ex Duby
  • Gymnostomum bescherellei Broth. & Geh.
  • Gymnostomum bewsii Sim ex Dixon
  • Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & Hornsch.
  • Gymnostomum carthusianum (Vill. ex Brid.) P.Beauv.
  • Gymnostomum chenii K.Saito
  • Gymnostomum foliosum Röhl.
  • Gymnostomum hymenostylioides (Broth. & Dixon) R.H.Zander
  • Gymnostomum laxirete (Broth.) P.C.Chen
  • Gymnostomum lessonii Besch.
  • Gymnostomum lingulatum Rehmann ex Sim
  • Gymnostomum ludovicae Broth. & Paris
  • Gymnostomum madagascariense O'Shea
  • Gymnostomum mosis (Lorentz) Jur. & Milde
  • Gymnostomum simplicissimum (Lour. ex P.Beauv.) Brid.
  • Gymnostomum splachnobryoides Bizot
  • Gymnostomum unguiculatum H.Philib.
  • Gymnostomum viridulum Brid.

References

  1. ^ Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN 0-521-66097-1.
  2. ^ "Gymnostomum Nees & Hornsch". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  3. ^ "Gymnostomum Nees & Hornsch". World Flora Online. December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.