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Weissiodicranum insularum Reese

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Bryophyta

Class
Bryopsida

Order
Dicranales

Family
Dicranaceae

Genus
Weissiodicranum

Species
insularum

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

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

References

  • 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).
  • Reese, W.D. Buck, W.R. (1991) Weissiodicranum insularum gen. et sp. nov. The Bryologist 94(3): 308-310.
  • Weber, W.A. (1993) Additions to the Galápagos and Cocos Islands Lichen and Bryophyte Floras. The Bryologist 96(3): 431-434.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Weissiodicranum insularum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3537. Accessed 1 November 2026.