Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Philonotis gracillima Ångstr.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Bryophyta

Class
Bryopsida

Order
Bryales

Family
Bartramiaceae

Genus
Philonotis

Species
gracillima

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Philonotis uncinata var. gracillima (Ångstr.) Florsch.; Acc. name: Philonotis uncinata var. gracillima

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • 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.
  • 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. (1975) Additions to the bryophyte flora of the Galapagos Islands. Lindbergia 3(1-2): 79-82.
  • 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.
  • Weber, W.A. (1971) Mosses of Galapagos: A tentative list. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
  • Williams, R.S. (1924) Note on Galapagos and Cocos island mosses. The Bryologist 27: 65.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Philonotis gracillima", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1464. Accessed 30 October 2026.