Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hyophila involuta
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Pottiales
Family
Pottiaceae
Genus
Hyophila
Species
involuta
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hyophila tortula
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.
- Weber, W.A. (1971) Mosses of Galapagos: A tentative list. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hyophila involuta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1460. Accessed 31 October 2026.