Galapagos Species Database

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

Groutiella apiculata (Hook.) H.A. Crum & Steere

Groutiella apiculata Photo: Frank Bungartz, CDF, 2007.
Groutiella apiculata Photo: Frank Bungartz, CDF, 2007.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Bryophyta

Class
Bryopsida

Order
Orthotrichales

Family
Orthotrichaceae

Genus
Groutiella

Species
apiculata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Groutiella mucronifolia, Macromitrium mucronifolium, Micromitrium mucronifolium, Craspedophyllum mucronifolium

Distribution

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

References

  • Bartram, E.B. (1948) Mosses collected by Dr. John Eriksson during the Swedish Albatross Expedition 1947-48. Acta Horti Gotoburgensis 18: 267.
  • Bartram, E.B. (1935) Musci. In: Svenson, H.K.: Plants of the Astor Expedition, 1930 (Galapagos and Cocos Islands). Amer. J. Bot. 22(2): 221.
  • 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. (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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.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.
  • 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, Groutiella apiculata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2764. Accessed 30 October 2026.