Galapagos Species Database

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

Daltonia longifolia Tayl.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Bryophyta

Class
Bryopsida

Order
Hookeriales

Family
Daltoniaceae

Genus
Daltonia

Species
longifolia

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Daltonia robusta

Distribution

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

References

  • Ångström, A.J. (1873) Förteckning och beskrifning öfver mossor, samlade af N. J. Andersson under Fregatten Eugenies verldsomsegling aren 1851-1853. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 5: 113-151.
  • 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.
  • Farlow, W.G. (1902) Lichens. In: B.L. Robinson: Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Amerc. Acad. Arts Sc. 38(4): 83-89, N.S. 14 (Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapagos Islands)
  • Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
  • 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.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, Daltonia longifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3594. Accessed 31 October 2026.