Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Brachymenium systylium
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Bryaceae
Genus
Brachymenium
Species
systylium
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Brachymenium imbricatifolium, B. imbricatum
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
- Miquel, S.E. Bungartz, F. (2017) Snails found among herbarium specimens of Galapagos lichens and bryophytes, with the description of Scolodonta rinae (Gastropoda, Scolodontidae), a new species of carnivorous micro-mollusk Archiv für Molluskenkunde (in press).
- 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.
- Williams, R.S. (1924) Galapagos and Cocos island mosses collected by Allan Stewart in 1905-6. The Bryologist 27(3): 37-45.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Brachymenium systylium", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1486. Accessed 31 October 2026.