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Mosses and Liverworts of Uganda

Checklist of Uganda mosses

 

Data taken from latest published version of sub-Saharan African checklist (O'Shea 2003). Numbers in  [ ] refer to literature references given at the end.

 

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37. Sphagnaceae (7) Shaw

Sphagnum ceylonicum Mitt. ex Warnst. [59]

Sphagnum cuspidatum var. cuspidatum Hoffm. [59]

Sphagnum davidii Warnst. [59]

Sphagnum planifolium var. angustilimbatum Warnst. [59]

Sphagnum planifolium var. planifolium Müll.Hal. [59]

Sphagnum planifolium var. rugegense (Warnst.) A.Eddy [59]

Sphagnum strictum ssp. pappeanum Müll.Hal. [59]

 

38. Andreaeaceae (3) Hodgetts

Andreaea firma Müll.Hal. [46]

Andreaea mildbraedii Broth. [46]

Andreaea subulata Harv [46]

 

39. Polytrichaceae (10) Hyvönen

Oligotrichum cavallii (G.Negri) G.L.Sm. [46,289]

Pogonatum belangeri (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger [56]

Pogonatum gracilifolium Besch. [56,289]

Pogonatum perichaetiale ssp. oligodus (Müll.Hal.) Hyvoenen [56,289]

Pogonatum proliferum (Griff.) Mitt. [56,289]

Pogonatum urnigerum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. [46,56]

Polytrichum commune var. commune Hedw. [46]

Polytrichum cupreum G.Negri [46]

Polytrichum piliferum Hedw. [46,289]

Polytrichum subpilosum P.Beauv. [46,289]

 

40. Encalyptaceae (1) O'Shea

Encalypta ciliata Hedw. [5696]

 

41. Funariaceae (5) Blockeel

Entosthodon volkensii (Broth.) Paris [46]

Entosthodon wichurae M.Fleisch. [46]

Funaria hygrometrica var. calvescens (Schwaegr.) Kindb. [46]

Physcomitrella patens ssp. magdalenae (De Sloover) B.C.Tan [4282]

Physcomitrium eurystomum Sendtn. [46]

 

42. Grimmiaceae (13) Porley

Grimmia fuscolutea Hook. [46,5696]

Grimmia incurva Schwaegr. [5696]

Grimmia laevigata Brid. [46]

Grimmia longirostris Hook. [46,4892]

Grimmia unicolor Hook. [5696]

Racomitrium crispipilum (Taylor) A.Jaeger [7353]

Racomitrium lamprocarpum Müll.Hal. [46]

Racomitrium subsecundum (Hook. & Grev.) Mitt. & Wilson [46]

Schistidium angustissimum (P.de la Varde) Ochyra   [46]

Schistidium apocarpum var. apocarpum (Hedw.) Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [46]

Schistidium cribrodontium Herzog [46]

Schistidium perichaetiale P.de la Varde [46]

Schistidium rivulare (Brid.) Podp. [2097]

 

43. Fissidentaceae (33) Bruggeman-Nannenga

Fissidens androgynus Bruch ex C.Krauss [46]

Fissidens angustifolius Sull. [7353]

Fissidens asplenioides Hedw. [2097]

Fissidens bogosicus Müll.Hal. [7353]

Fissidens borgenii Hampe [4282]

Fissidens crispulus Brid. [46]

Fissidens cryptoneuron P.de la Varde [46]

Fissidens curvatus Hornsch. [7353]

Fissidens cuynetii Bizot ex Pocs [46]

Fissidens enervis Sim [4282]

Fissidens erosulus (Müll.Hal.) Paris [46]

Fissidens flaccidus Mitt. [7353]

Fissidens gladiolus Mitt. [46,2097]

Fissidens glaucissimus Welw. & Duby [46]

Fissidens intramarginatus (Hampe) Mitt. [46,4988]

Fissidens lachmanii Bizot [7353]

Fissidens leucocinctus Hampe [40]

Fissidens marthae Cardot [7353]

Fissidens metzgeria Müll.Hal. [4282]

Fissidens mobukensis G.Negri [46]

Fissidens ovatus Brid. [7353]

Fissidens palmifolius P.Beauv. [85]

Fissidens pellucidus Hornsch. [7353]

Fissidens porrectus Mitt. [46]

Fissidens ramulosus Mitt. [46]

Fissidens robynsianus P.de la Varde [7353]

Fissidens schmidii Müll.Hal. [46]

Fissidens sciophyllus fo. sciophyllus Mitt. [46]

Fissidens sciophyllus fo. ulna (Müll.Hal.) Bruggeman-Nannenga [46,3212]

Fissidens submarginatus Krauss [7353]

Fissidens usambaricus Broth. [4282]

Fissidens weirii var. weirii Mitt. [46]

Fissidens zollingeri Mont. [7353]

 

44. Dicranaceae (33) Frahm (23) & La Farge (10)

Anisothecium ugandae P.de la Varde [46]

Aongstroemia julacea (Hook.) Mitt. [7353]

Atractylocarpus alticaulis ( Broth. in Mildbr.) R.S.Williams [46]

Bryohumbertia flavicoma (Müll.Hal.) J.-P.Frahm [46]

Campylopus cambouei Renauld & Cardot [7353]

Campylopus crateris Besch. [7353]

Campylopus decaryi Thér. [7353]

Campylopus dicranoides Thér. [54]

Campylopus flexuosus var. flexuosus (Hedw.) Brid.   [54]

Campylopus flexuosus var. incacorralis (Herzog) J.-P.Frahm [54]

Campylopus fragilis ssp. fragilis (Brid.) Bruch, Schimp. & W.Gümbel [54]

Campylopus hensii Renauld & Cardot [54]

Campylopus hildebrandtii Müll.Hal. [54]

Campylopus jamesonii (Hook.) A.Jaeger [54]

Campylopus kivuensis P.de la Varde & Thér. [7353]

Campylopus nivalis var. nivalis (Brid.) Brid. [54]

Campylopus perpusillus Mitt. [46,54]

Campylopus pilifer ssp. pilifer Brid. [54]

Campylopus pratermissus J.-P.Frahm [7353]

Campylopus pyriformis var. pyriformis Schultz   [4282]

Campylopus robillardei Besch. [54]

Campylopus savannarum (Müll.Hal.) Mitt. [54]

Dicranella nodicoma Müll.Hal. ex Dusen [3072]

Dicranella subsubulata Hampe ex Müll.Hal. [46]

Dicranodontium humile P.de la Varde [46]

Dicranoloma billardierei (Brid. ex Anon.) Paris   [46]

Dicranum johnstonii Mitt. [46]

Dicranum petrophyllum G.Negri [46]

Holomitrium angolense P.de la Varde [46]

Holomitrium cylindraceum var. cucullatum (Besch.) Wijk & Margad. [4282]

Holomitrium cylindraceum var. obtusifolium (Besch.) Wijk & Margad. [46]

Microcampylopus laevigatus (Ther.) Giese & J.-P.Frahm   [46]

Pseudephemerum nitidum (Hedw.) Loeske [4282]

 

45. Bruchiaceae (3) Bates

Trematodon longicollis Michx. [46]

Trematodon paradoxus Hornsch. [46]

Trematodon paradoxus var. nanus (Welw. & Duby) Sim   [46]

 

46. Leucobryaceae (2) Frahm

Leucobryum cucullatum Broth. [4282]

Leucobryum molliculum Broth. [46]

 

47. Octoblepharaceae (1) Ellis

Octoblepharum albidum Hedw. [46]

 

48. Ditrichaceae (2) Bates

Ceratodon purpureus ssp. stenocarpus (Müll.Hal.) Dixon   [46]

Ditrichum pallidum Hedw. [46]

 

49. Rhabdoweisiaceae (3) Frahm

Amphidium aloysii-sabaudiae G.Negri [46]

Amphidium tortuosum (Hornsch.) H.Rob. [46]

Rhabdoweisia africana Dixon & Naveau [46]

 

50. Rhachitheciaceae (1) Hodgetts

Hypnodontopsis mexicana (Ther.) H.Rob. [3804]

 

51. Erpodiaceae (2) Hodgetts

Erpodium beccarii var. beccarii Müll.Hal. ex Venturi   [7353)

Erpodium glaucum var. trichophyllum (Aongst. ex Müll.Hal.) I.G.Stone [46]

 

52. Pottiaceae (45) Matcham

Anoectangium flexuosum G.Negri [46]

Anoectangium flexuosum var. gracile G.Negri [46]

Anoectangium fuscum G.Negri [46]

Anoectangium mafatense Renauld & Cardot [46]

Anoectangium sellae G.Negri [46]

Barbula bolleana (Müll.Hal.) Broth. [46]

Barbula congoana Ther. [46]

Barbula eubryum Müll.Hal. [46]

Barbula indica var. indica (Hook.) Spreng. in Steud.   [4282]

Bellibarbula recurva Griff. [46]

Bryoerythrophyllum campylocarpum Müll.Hal. [46,1158]

Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum var. alpigenum (Vent.) Giac.   [46]

Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum var. recurvirostrum (Hedw.) P.C.Chen [46]

Didymodon rigidulus var. rigidulus Hedw. [4282]

Eucladium verticillatum (Brid.) Bruch, Schimp. & W.Gümbel

Gymnostomiella erosulum Müll.Hal. ex Dusen [5696]

Hymenostylium recurvirostrum var. recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon [46]

Hyophila acuminata Broth. & P.de la Varde   [46]

Hyophila baginsensis Müll.Hal. [4282]

Hyophila involuta (Hook.) A.Jaeger [3072,5696]

Leptodontium capituligerum Müll.Hal. [4282]

Leptodontium flexifolium (Dicks.) Hampe [46,290]

Leptodontium gambaragarae G.Negri [46]

Leptodontium latifolium Broth. [46]

Leptodontium longicaule var. longicaule Mitt.   [290,3072]

Leptodontium luteum Tayl. [290,3072]

Leptodontium pungens (Mitt.) Kindb. [46,290]

Leptodontium viticulosoides var. viticulosoides (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad. [46,290]

Leptodontium wallisii Müll.Hal. [46,290]

Pseudocrossidium porphyreoneurum (Müll.Hal.) R.H.Zander   [46]

Pseudosymblepharis bombayensis (Müll.Hal.) P.Sollman   [4282]

Scopelophila ligulata (Spruce) Spruce [4282]

Streptopogon calymperes Müll.Hal. ex Geh. [4282]

Streptopogon erythrodontus (Taylor) Wilson [46]

Syntrichia amphidiacea (Müll.Hal.) R.H.Zander [4282,4304]

Syntrichia cavallii (G.Negri) Ochyra [46]

Syntrichia fragilis (Taylor) Ochyra [46]

Timmiella brevidens Dixon [46]

Tortella humilis (Hedw.) Jenn. [46]

Tortula leiostomoides P.de la Varde [46]

Trachycarpidium tisserantii Dixon & P.de la Varde   [46]

Trichostomum ruvenzorense (Broth.) Broth. [46]

Trichostomum subintegrum (Broth.) Broth. [46]

Trichostomum tenuirostre var. tenuirostre (Hook. & Taylor) Lindb. [46]

Weissia controversa var. controversa Hedw. [46]

 

53. Calymperaceae (10) Ellis

Calymperes afzelii Sw. [46]

Calymperes pallidum Mitt. [46]

Leucophanes molleri Müll.Hal. [1896]

Syrrhopodon africanus ssp. africanus [7353]

Syrrhopodon asper Mitt. [6813]

Syrrhopodon gardneri (Hook.) Schwaegr. [4282,6813]

Syrrhopodon gaudichaudii Mont. [46,363]

Syrrhopodon incompletus var. incompletus [7353]

Syrrhopodon lamprocarpus Mitt. [4282]

Syrrhopodon perdusenii [7353]

 

53a. Cinclidotaceae (1) Matcham

Cinclidotus fontinaloides (Hedw.) P.Beauv. [7353]

 

54. Splachnaceae (6) Blockeel

Splachnum adolphi-friederici Broth. [6624]

Tayloria kilimandscharica Broth. [46]

Tayloria orthodonta (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad.   [4282]

Tayloria solitaria (Hedw.) T.J.Kop & W.Web.   [46,123]

Tayloria tenuis (Dicks.) Schimp. [46]

Tetraplodon mnioides Hedw. [46]

 

55. Orthotrichaceae (27) Van Rooy

Groutiella laxotorquata (Besch.) Wijk & Margad.   [4282]

Leptodontiopsis fragilifolia Broth. [46]

Leptodontiopsis fragilifolia var. brotheri P.de la Varde   [46]

Macrocoma abyssinica (Müll.Hal.) Vitt [4282]

Macrocoma tenuis ssp. tenuis (Hook. & Grev.) Vitt   [4282]

Macromitrium fragile G.Negri, hom. illeg. [46]

Macromitrium orthostichum Nees ex Schwaegr. [4282]

Macromitrium sulcatum var. sulcatum (Hook.) Brid.   [4282]

Orthotrichum aequatoreum Mitt. [46]

Orthotrichum affine var. affine Brid. [46]

Orthotrichum arborescens Ther. & Naveau [5696]

Orthotrichum firmum Vent. [46]

Orthotrichum rupestre var. rupestre Schleich. ex Schwaegr.   [46]

Orthotrichum subexsertum Schimp. ex Müll.Hal.   [5696]

Schlotheimia grevilleana Mitt. [46]

Schlotheimia rigescens Broth. [46]

Zygodon dioicus Broth. [4282]

Zygodon hirsutus G.Negri [46]

Zygodon intermedius Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel   [46]

Zygodon intermedius var. strictifolius Ther.   [46]

Zygodon microtheca Dixon ex Malta [46]

Zygodon micro-gemmaceus Dixon [46]

Zygodon reinwardtii (Hornsch.) A.Braun [46]

Zygodon roccatii G.Negri [46]

Zygodon roccatii var. diffusus G.Negri [46]

Zygodon seriatus Ther. & Naveau [46]

Zygodon trichomitrius var. mildbraedii Broth.   [46]

 

56. Hedwigiaceae (5) O'Shea

Braunia arbuscula (Welw. & Duby) Gepp [46]

Braunia secunda Hook. [46]

Hedwigia ciliata var. ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.   [46]

Hedwigia ciliata var. leucophaea Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [46]

Hedwigidium integrifolium (P.Beauv.) Dixon in C.E.O.Jensen   [46]

 

57. Rhacocarpaceae (1) O'Shea

Rhacocarpus purpurascens Brid. [46]

 

58. Aulacomniaceae (1) Proctor

Aulacomnium palustre var. palustre (Hedw.) Schwaegr. [46]

 

59. Bartramiaceae (19) Proctor

Anacolia laevisphaera Taylor [46]

Bartramia afro-ithyphylla Broth. [46]

Bartramia angustissima Dixon [46]

Bartramia microcarpa P.de la Varde [46]

Bartramia ruwenzorensis Broth. [46]

Breutelia diffracta Mitt. [46]

Breutelia gracillima Broth. [46]

Breutelia stricticaulis Dixon [46]

Breutelia stuhlmannii Broth. [46]

Philonotis angustiretis Broth., nom. nud. [46]

Philonotis fontana (Hedw.) Brid. [46]

Philonotis globosa (Müll.Hal.) D.G.Griffin & W.R.Buck [46]

Philonotis hastata (Duby) Wijk & Margad. [46]

Philonotis mauritiana Aongstr. [46]

Philonotis microthamnia Broth. [46]

Philonotis plana Dixon & Herzog [46]

Philonotis platyneura P.de la Varde [46]

Philonotis ruwenzorensis Ther. & Naveau [46]

Philonotis strictula Cardot [46]

 

59a. Orthodontiaceae (3) Shaw

Orthodontium gracile Schwaegr. ex Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [5696]

Orthodontium loreifolium Besch. [46]

Orthodontium ruwenzorensis (Ther. & Naveau) O'Shea   [46]

 

60. Bryaceae (34) Holyoak (25), Hedderson (9)

Anomobryum auratum (Mitt.) A.Jaeger [46]

Anomobryum compressulum (Müll.Hal.) Broth. [46]

Anomobryum julaceum var. julaceum (Brid.) Schimp.   [46]

Brachymenium acuminatum Harv. in Hook. [46]

Brachymenium capitulatum Mitt. [46]

Brachymenium elgonense Dixon [46]

Brachymenium flexifolium Bruch & Schimp. ex A.Jaeger   [23]

Brachymenium leptophyllum Müll.Hal. [23,46]

Brachymenium procerrimum Broth. [23,46]

Brachymenium rigidum Broth. & Paris [46]

Brachymenium speirocladum Müll.Hal. ex Besch. [46]

Brachymenium systylium (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger [23,46]

Bryum alpinum var. alpinum Huds. ex With.   [23,46]

Bryum alpinum var. perrevolutum P.de la Varde, nom. inval. [46]

Bryum apiculatum Schwaegr. [5696]

Bryum arachnoideum Müll.Hal. [46]

Bryum argenteum var. argenteum Hedw. [23,46]

Bryum caespiticium var. caespiticium Hedw.   [23,46]

Bryum capillare var. capillare Hedw. [46]

Bryum coronatum Schwaegr. [23,46]

Bryum cyathiphyllum Dixon & Herzog   [23,46]

Bryum ellipsifolium Müll.Hal. [46]

Bryum huillense Welw. & Duby [46]

Bryum keniae Müll.Hal. [23,46]

Bryum leptotorquescens Müll.Hal. ex Broth.   [46]

Bryum pallens var. pallens Sw. [2097]

Bryum preussii Broth. [23]

Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. [23]

Bryum rhypariocaulon Müll.Hal. [46]

Bryum stenophyllum Dixon [23,46]

Bryum umbraculum Bruch ex Hook. [23,46]

Rhodobryum commersonii (Schwaegr.) Brid. [23,46]

Rhodobryum ontariense Kindb. [23,46]

Rhodobryum perspinidens (Broth.) Pocs [23,46,354]

 

61. Mniaceae (19) Shaw (16), Watling (3)

Mielichhoferia elgonensis P.de la Varde [46]

Mielichhoferia hymenostomoides P.de la Varde [46]

Mielichhoferia speluncae P.de la Varde [46]

Mielichhoferia subbasilaris Broth. [46]

Mielichhoferia woodii P.de la Varde [46]

Mniobryum pergracile Ther. & P.de la Varde   [46]

Mniobryum ruwenzorense P.de la Varde [46]

Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T.J.Kop. [46,1036]

Plagiomnium rhynchophorum var. rhynchophorum (Hook.) T.J.Kop. [46]

Plagiomnium rhynchophorum var. reidii (Dixon) T.J.Kop. [7353]

Pohlia afro-cruda (Müll.Hal.) Broth. [46]

Pohlia aloysii-sabaudiae G.Negri [46]

Pohlia baronii Wijk & Margad. [46]

Pohlia bequaertii Dixon & Naveau [46]

Pohlia chrysoblasta Ther. & Naveau [46]

Pohlia elongata var. elongata Hedw. [46]

Schizymenium cratericola (Broth. in Mildbr.) Ochyra & Sharp [46]

Schizymenium hariotii (Ther.) A.J.Shaw [46]

Schizymenium mildbraedii (Broth.) A.J.Shaw [46]

Schizymenium ruwenzorensis (Ther. & Naveau) Ochyra & Sharp [46]

 

62. Rhizogoniaceae (1) Proctor

Pyrrhobryum spiniforme (Hedw.) Mitt. [3072]

 

63. Racopilaceae (6) Proctor

Racopilum africanum Mitt. [46]

Racopilum capense Müll.Hal. ex Broth. [46]

Racopilum macrocarpum Broth. [46]

Racopilum marginatum Dixon [46]

Racopilum speluncae Müll.Hal. [46]

Racopilum ugandae Dixon [46]

 

64. Leucomiaceae (1) Buck

Leucomium strumosum (Hornsch.) Mitt. [92]

 

65. Daltoniaceae (4) Buck

Daltonia latimarginata var. madagassa Renauld   [4282]

Daltonia latolimbata Broth. in Herzog [4282]

Daltonia plicata P.de la Varde [46]

Distichophyllum rigidicaule var. rigidicaule (Dusen) Broth.   [4282]

 

66. Pilotrichaceae (17) Buck

Callicostella africana Mitt. [46]

Callicostella brevipes (Broth.) Broth. [46]

Callicostella perpapillata Broth. & P.de la Varde   [46]

Callicostella pusilla Demaret & P.de la Varde   [46]

Callicostella usambarica (Müll.Hal.) Broth. [3072]

Cyclodictyon aubertii P.Beauv. [3072]

Cyclodictyon borbonicum (Besch.) Broth. [46]

Cyclodictyon brevifolium Broth. [46]

Cyclodictyon vallis-gratiae (Müll.Hal.) Kuntze [46]

Cyclodictyon vesiculosum (Brid.) Kuntze [3072]

Hookeriopsis gabonensis Broth. & P.de la Varde   [5696]

Lepidopilidium hanningtonii (Mitt.) Broth. [46]

Lepidopilidium subdevexum var. intermedium P.de la Varde   [4282]

Lepidopilidium theriotii Naveau in Dixon & Ther.   [4282]

Lepidopilum lastii Mitt. [4282]

Thamniopsis pappeana (Hampe) W.R.Buck [46]

Thamniopsis versicolor (Mitt.) W.R.Buck [46]

 

67. Hypopterygiaceae (3) Enroth

Cyathophorum africanum Dixon [46,2220,6705]

Hypopterygium tamarisci (Sw. ex Sw.) Brid. ex Müll.Hal.   [46,4282,6705]

Lopidium struthiopteris (Brid.) M.Fleisch.   [4282]

 

68. Amblystegiaceae (1) Ochyra

Amblystegium serpens var. serpens (Hedw.) Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [46]

 

68a. Cratoneuraceae (1) Ochyra

Cratoneuron filicinum var. filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce   [1533]

 

69. Hylocomiaceae (1) Hedenäs

Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [46]

 

69a. Rhytidiaceae (1) Hedenäs

Rhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb. [46]

 

70. Leskeaceae (7) Martin

Claopodium pellucinerve (Mitt.) Best [5696]

Lindbergia patentifolia Dixon [46]

Pseudoleskea falcifolia Dixon & Ther. [46]

Pseudoleskea pseudoattenuata (Müll.Hal.) Broth.   [46]

Pseudoleskeopsis claviramea (Müll.Hal.) Ther. [46]

Schwetschkea fabronioides Welw. & Duby [46]

Schwetschkea schweinfurthii Müll.Hal. [46]

 

71. Regmatodontaceae (1) O'Shea

Regmatodon orthostegius Mont. [4282]

 

72. Pterigynandraceae (1) O'Shea

Trachyphyllum inflexum (Harv.) A.Gepp in Hiern [5696]

 

73. Thuidiaceae (11) Martin

Haplocladium angustifolium (Hampe & Müll.Hal.) Broth.   [46,5696]

Hylocomiopsis cylindricarpa Ther. [4282]

Pelekium chenagonii (Müll.Hal. ex Renauld & Cardot) Touw [46]

Pelekium contortulum (Mitt.) Touw [6647]

Pelekium gratum (P.Beauv.) Touw [32]

Pelekium intricatum (A.Jaeger) Touw [4282]

Pelekium ramusculosum (Mitt.) Touw [46]

Pelekium varians (Welw. & Duby) Touw [46]

Pelekium versicolor (Müll.Hal.) Touw [46]

Thuidium assimile (Mitt.) A.Jaeger [46]

Thuidium tamariscinum (Hedw.) Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [5696]

 

73a. Campyliaceae (4) Ochyra

Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) J.Lange & C.E.O.Jensen   [6989]

Drepanocladus polygamus (Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel) Hedenas [6989]

Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske   [46]

Warnstorfia fluitans var. fluitans (Hedw.) Loeske   [46]

 

74. Brachytheciaceae (28) Ochyra

Aerolindigia capillacea (Hornsch.) Menzel [46,4282]

Brachythecium afro-glareosum (Broth.) Paris [46]

Brachythecium borgenii Hampe [46]

Brachythecium dummeri Dixon [46]

Brachythecium hedbergii P.de la Varde [46]

Brachythecium implicatum (Hornsch.) A.Jaeger [46]

Brachythecium mildeanum Schimp. [46]

Brachythecium nigroviride Kindb. [46]

Brachythecium plumosum (Hedw.) Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [46,3410]

Brachythecium ramicola Broth. [46]

Brachythecium roccatii G.Negri [46]

Brachythecium spectabile Broth. [46]

Brachythecium ugandae Dixon [46]

Brachythecium vellereum Mitt. [46]

Brachythecium velutinum var. velutinum Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel [6989]

Eurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac. [46]

Eurhynchium tenuivagum (Müll.Hal. ex Broth.) W.R.Buck   [46]

Kindbergia africana (Herzog) Ochyra [46]

Kindbergia praelonga var. praelonga (Bruch, Schimp. & W.Guembel) Ochyra [6989]

Palamocladium leskeoides (Hook.) E.Britton [46,3299]

Rhynchostegiella bequaertii Dixon & Ther. [46]

Rhynchostegium distans Besch. [46]

Rhynchostegium gracilipes Ther. [46]

Rhynchostegium horridum Broth. [46]

Rhynchostegium ruvenzorense (Broth.) Paris [46]

Rhynchostegium volkensii (Broth.) Paris [46]

Schimperella bello-intricata (Müll.Hal. ex Broth.) W.R.Buck [4282]

Squamidium brasiliense (Hornsch.) Broth. [46,93]

 

75. Stereophyllaceae (3) Buck

Entodontopsis nitens (Mitt.) W.R.Buck & Ireland   [46]

Stereophyllum andungense (Welw. & Duby) A.Gepp   [46]

Stereophyllum radiculosum (Hook.) Mitt. [392]

 

76. Fabroniaceae (9) Buck

Fabronia bizotii Pocs [5696]

Fabronia leikipiae Müll.Hal. [5696]

Fabronia longipila Broth. [46]

Fabronia pilifera Hornsch. [46]

Levierella fabroniacea Müll.Hal. [3260]

Levierella perserrata P.de la Varde & V.Leroy   [46]

Rhizofabronia perpilosa (Broth.) Broth. [46]

Rhizofabronia persoonii var. persoonii (Schwaegr.) M.Fleisch. [4282]

Rhizofabronia persoonii var. sphaerocarpa (Dusen) Bizot ex Ochyra [4282]

 

77. Meteoriaceae (5) Magombo

Barbella capillicaulis var. capillicaulis (Renauld & Cardot) Cardot [4282]

Floribundaria floribunda (Dozy & Molk.) M.Fleisch.   [46]

Floribundaria patentissima (Müll.Hal.) M.Fleisch.   [3072]

Floribundaria vaginans (Welw. & Dub.) Broth.   [3072]

Papillaria africana Müll.Hal. [46]

 

78. Trachypodaceae (3) Newton

Trachypodopsis laxoalaris Broth. [46]

Trachypodopsis serrulata var. crispatula (Hook.) Zanten   [4282]

Trachypodopsis serrulata var. serrulata (P.Beauv.) M.Fleisch.   [46)

 

79. Plagiotheciaceae (3) Ochyra

Plagiothecium mildbraedii Broth. [46]

Plagiothecium novogranatense (Hampe) Mitt. [6989]

Plagiothecium standleyi E.B.Bartram [6989]

 

79a. Fontinalaceae (1) O'Shea

Fontinalis antipyretica var. antipyretica Hedw. [7353]

 

80. Entodontaceae (6) Kungu

Entodon denticuspis P.de la Varde [46]

Entodon macropodus (Hedw.) Müll.Hal. [46]

Entodon stereophylloides Broth. [715]

Entodon vulcanicus Demaret & V.Leroy [5696]

Erythrodontium engleri (Broth.) Paris [46]

Erythrodontium subjulaceum (Müll.Hal.) Paris [46]

 

81. Hypnaceae (28) Hedenäs (25), Watling (3)

Bryocrumia vivicolor (Broth. & Dixon) W.R.Buck   [46,6309]

Chryso-hypnum demaretii (P.de la Varde) Higuchi [46]

Chryso-hypnum frondosum (Mitt.) W.R.Buck [46]

Ectropothecium anisophyllum Broth. [3072]

Ectropothecium brachycladulum (Müll.Hal.) Broth.   [3072]

Ectropothecium duemmeri Dixon [46]

Ectropothecium lateriticola Broth. [46]

Ectropothecium perrotii Renauld & Cardot [3072]

Ectropothecium plumigerum (Broth.) Hedenäs [7353]

Ectropothecium squarrifolium (Broth.) N.Nishim. [46]

Hypnum bizotii Ochyra [46]

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hedw.   [46,169]

Hypnum cupressiforme var. townsendii Ando   [169]

Hypnum revolutum (Mitt.) Lindb. [7353]

Isopterygiopsis muelleriana (Schimp.) Z.Iwats. [46]

Isopterygium elodes P.de la Varde [46]

Isopterygium m'bangae (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger [46]

Mittenothamnium pseudoreptans (Müll.Hal.) Cardot [46]

Phyllodon truncatus (Welw. & Duby) W.R.Buck   [4281,4282]

Rhacopilopsis trinitensis (Müll.Hal.) E.Britton ex Dixon   [46,4720]

Rhacopilopsis variegata (Welw. & Duby) M.C.Watling & O'Shea [7353]

Taxiphyllum taxirameum (Mitt.) M.Fleisch. [7353]

Trachythecium le-testui Ther. & P.de la Varde   [3072]

Vesicularia densiramea Broth., nom. nud. [46]

Vesicularia galerulata (Duby) Broth. [46]

Vesicularia ischyropteris (Broth.) Müll.Hal.   [3072]

Vesicularia nigeriana Broth. & Paris [46]

 

82. Catagoniaceae (1) O'Shea

Catagonium nitens ssp. nitens (Brid.) Cardot [3072]

 

83. Sematophyllaceae (13) O'Shea

Acroporium incrassatum Dixon & Ther. [46]

Gammiella ceylonensis (Broth.) B.C.Tan & W.R.Buck. [7353]

Papillidiopsis complanata (Dixon) W.R.Buck & B.C.Tan   [4015,4282]

Radulina borbonica (Bel.) W.R.Buck [46,5696]

Sematophyllum alticaule Dixon & Ther. [46]

Sematophyllum brachycarpum (Hampe) Broth. [46]

Sematophyllum elgonense (Dixon) Broth. [46]

Sematophyllum friesiorum P.de la Varde [46]

Sematophyllum laetevirens (Broth. & Paris) Broth.   [46]

Sematophyllum perrevolutum Broth. [3072]

Sematophyllum plagiothecioides Dixon & Ther. [46]

Sematophyllum subpinnatum (Brid.) E.Britton [46]

Wijkia trichocolea (Müll.Hal.) H.A.Crum [46]

 

84. Cryphaeaceae (3) O'Shea

Cryphaea jamesonii Taylor [6614]

Cryphaea rutenbergii Müll.Hal. [6614]

Schoenobryum concavifolium (Griff.) Gangulee   [7157]

 

85. Prionodontaceae (1) Newton

Prionodon ciliatus Besch. [46]

 

86. Leucodontaceae (4) O'Shea

Antitrichia kilimandscharica Broth. [46]

Felipponea assimilis (Müll.Hal.) O'Shea [46,5698]

Forsstroemia producta (Hornsch.) Paris [46,408]

Pterogonium gracile (Hedw.) Sm. [46]

 

87. Pterobryaceae (7) Newton

Calyptothecium acutifolium var. acutifolium (Brid.) Broth.   [2,46]

Calyptothecium hoehnelii (Müll.Hal.) Argent [2,46]

Calyptothecium hoehnelii var. angustifolium (Dixon) Kis   [46]

Calyptothecium pterobryoides Argent [2,46]

Jaegerina stolonifera ssp. laticuspis (J.Taylor & P.de la Varde) Argent [1,46]

Jaegerina stolonifera ssp. stolonifera (Müll.Hal.) Müll.Hal. [1,46]

Orthostichopsis subimbricata (Hampe) Broth. [46]

 

88. Neckeraceae (11) Enroth

Homaliodendron piniforme (Brid.) Enroth [785]

Neckera platyantha (Müll.Hal.) Paris [46]

Neckera remota Bruch & Schimp. ex Müll.Hal.   [46]

Neckera submacrocarpa Dixon [46]

Neckeropsis disticha (Hedw.) Kindb. [46]

Neckeropsis lepineana (Mont.) M.Fleisch. [46]

Pinnatella minuta Mitt. [46,65,1830]

Porothamnium stipitatum (Mitt.) Touw ex De Sloover   [15,46]

Porotrichum elongatum Welw. & Duby [15,46]

Porotrichum madagassum Kiaer ex Besch. [15,46]

Porotrichum usagarum Mitt. [15,46]

 

89. Leptodontaceae (2) O'Shea

Leptodon smithii (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr   [46]

Leptodon smithii var. beccarii (Müll.Hal.) Tongiorgi   [46]

 

89a. Lembophyllaceae (1) Magombo

Pilotrichella ampullacea (Müll.Hal.) A.Jaeger [46]

 

No. of Taxa = 479

 

 

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