Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bryum argenteum
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Bryales
Family
Bryaceae
Genus
Bryum
Species
argenteum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Bryum argenteum var. lanatum ?
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
- Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
- Steere, W.C. (1936) Mosses of the G. Allan Hancock Expedition of 1934, collected by Wm. R. Taylor. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 3(1): 1-13.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
- Weber, W.A. (1975) Additions to the bryophyte flora of the Galapagos Islands. Lindbergia 3(1-2): 79-82.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bryum argenteum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2269. Accessed 31 October 2026.