Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Squamidium caroli
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Leucodontales
Family
Meteoriaceae
Genus
Squamidium
Species
caroli
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Bartram, E.B. (1933) Mosses of the Tempelton Crocker Expedition Collected by John Thomas Howell and Lists of the Mosses Known from the Galapagos Islands and from Cocos Island. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th Series 21(8): 75-86.
- Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
- Gradstein, S.R. (1994) Die Moose der Galapagos Inseln. In: Zizka, G. & K. Klemmer (eds.): Pflanzen- und Tierwelt der Galapagos Inseln. Kleine Senckenbergreihe, Palmengarten, Frankfurt 20: 59-63.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Steere, W.C. (1948) Contribution to the bryogeography of Ecuador. I. A review of the species of musci previously reported. The Bryologist 51(3): 65-167.
- Weber, W.A. (1971) Mosses of Galapagos: A tentative list. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
- Weber, W.A. (1984) Bryophytes and lichens of the Galápagos Islands. In: Oehser, P.H., Lea, J.S. & Powars, N.L. (eds.): National Geographic Society Research Report 16 (1975 Projects): 781-790.
- Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.
- Williams, R.S. (1924) Note on Galapagos and Cocos island mosses. The Bryologist 27: 65.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Squamidium caroli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1442. Accessed 30 October 2026.