A Synopsis of Rhamphidium

Rhamphidiaceae, Bryophyta — 17 accepted species

Rhamphidium Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 45. 1869. (Mitten 1869; Fedosov et al. 2025)
Rhamphidium borinquense H.A. Crum & Steere, Bryologist 59: 249. 1956. (Crum & Steere 1956)
Rhamphidium brasiliense Broth., Ergebn. Bot. Exp. Südbras., Musci: 283. 1924. (Brotherus 1924b)
Rhamphidium brevifolium (Hampe & Lorentz) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 393. 1902. (Brotherus 1902; Müller 2009)

Basionym: Aongstroemia brevifolia Hampe & Lorentz, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: 797. 1868. (Lorentz 1868)

≡Trichostomum brevifolium (Hampe & Lorentz) Hampe & Lorentz, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 27: 433. 1869, nom. illeg. (Hampe 1869; Wijk et al. 1969) ≡Trichostomum krauseanum Paris, Index Bryol.: 1325. 1898. (Wijk et al. 1969)
Rhamphidium clathratum (Hook. f. & Wilson) Fedosov, Brinda & Jan Kučera, Taxon 74(2): 242. 2025. (Fedosov et al. 2025)

Basionym: Dicranum clathratum Hook. f. & Wilson, London J. Bot. 3: 542. 1844. (Hooker & Wilson 1844; Fedosov et al. 2025)

≡Aongstroemia clathrata (Hook. f. & Wilson) Müll. Hal., Syn. Musc. Frond. 2: 608. 1851. (Müller 1851; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Dicranum vaginatum var. clathratum (Hook. f. & Wilson) Wilson, Fl. Nov.-Zel. 2: 65. 1854. ≡Dicranella clathrata (Hook. f. & Wilson) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1870–71: 382. 1872. (Jaeger 1872; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Dichodontium clathratum (Hook. f. & Wilson) Paris, Index Bryol.: 322. 1894. (Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Anisothecium clathratum (Hook. f. & Wilson) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 10: 177. 1924. (Brotherus 1924a; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Dicranella vaginata var. clathrata (Hook. f. & Wilson) Sainsbury, Bull. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 5: 103. 1955. (Sainsbury 1955)
- =Dicranum vaginatum Hook., Pl. Crypt.: pl. 3B. 1816. (Hooker 1816; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Aongstroemia vaginata (Hook.) Müll. Hal., Syn. Musc. Frond. 2: 608. 1851. (Müller 1851; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Dicranella vaginata (Hook.) Spruce, Cat. Musc.: [1]. 1867. (Spruce 1867; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Anisothecium vaginatum (Hook.) Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 39. 1869. (Mitten 1869; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Dichodontium vaginatum (Hook.) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1870–71: 363. 1872. (Jaeger 1872; Fedosov et al. 2025)
- =Dicranum jamesonii Taylor, London J. Bot. 6: 332. 1847, nom. illeg. (Taylor 1847; Greene 1986) ≡Leptotrichum jamesonii Mitt., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 67. 1859. (Mitten 1859; Greene 1986) ≡Dicranella jamesonii (Mitt.) Spruce, Cat. Musc.: [1]. 1867. (Spruce 1867; Greene 1986) ≡Anisothecium jamesonii (Mitt.) Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 39. 1869. (Mitten 1869; Greene 1986) ≡Dichodontium jamesonii (Mitt.) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1870–71: 363. 1872. (Jaeger 1872; Greene 1986) ≡Aongstroemia jamesonii (Mitt.) Müll. Hal., Linnaea 43: 389. 1882. (Müller 1882; Greene 1986)
- =Aongstroemia acerosa Hampe, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 3: 354. 1865. (Churchill & Linares Castillo 1995)
- =Aongstroemia bogotensis Hampe, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 3: 357. 1865. (Churchill & Linares Castillo 1995) ≡Dicranella bogotensis (Hampe) Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 37. 1869. (Mitten 1869; Churchill & Linares Castillo 1995)
- =Dicranum variabile R. Br. bis, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 29: 455. 1897. (Wijk et al. 1962) ≡Dicranella variabilis (R. Br. bis) Paris, Index Bryol. Suppl.: 119. 1900. (Wijk et al. 1962)
- =Dicranum cockaynei R. Br. bis, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 29: 456. 1897. (Wijk et al. 1962) ≡Dicranella cockaynei (R. Br. bis) Paris, Index Bryol. Suppl.: 116. 1900. (Wijk et al. 1962) ≡Dichodontium cockaynei (R. Br. bis) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 316. 1901. (Wijk et al. 1962)
- =Dicranum papillosum R. Br. bis, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 29: 456. 1897. (Wijk et al. 1962) ≡Dichodontium papillosum (R. Br. bis) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 316. 1901. (Wijk et al. 1962)
- =Dicranum subulatifolium R. Br. bis, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 29: 457. 1897. (Wijk et al. 1962) ≡Dichodontium subulatifolium (R. Br. bis) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 316. 1901. (Wijk et al. 1962)
- =Dicranum clintonense R. Br. bis, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 29: 459. 1897. (Wijk et al. 1962) ≡Dicranella clintonensis (R. Br. bis) Paris, Index Bryol. Suppl.: 116. 1900. (Wijk et al. 1962)
- =Aongstroemia lonchorrhyncha Müll. Hal., Hedwigia 37: 114. 1898. (Müller 1898; Wijk et al. 1959) ≡Dicranella lonchorrhyncha (Müll. Hal.) Paris, Index Bryol. Suppl.: 117. 1900. (Wijk et al. 1959)
- =Dicranum waimakaririense R. Br. bis, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 35: 330. 1903. (Wijk et al. 1969)
Rhamphidium dicranoides (Müll. Hal.) Paris, Index Bryol. (ed. 2) 4: 164. 1905. (Paris 1905)

Basionym: Leptotrichum dicranoides Müll. Hal., Syn. Musc. Frond. 2: 612. 1851. (Müller 1851)
- =Trichostomum macrostegium Sull., Musci Cub. Wright.: 276. 1861. (Sullivant 1861; Sharp et al. 1994) ≡Dicranella macrostegia (Sull.) Spruce, Cat. Musc.: [1]. 1867. ≡Rhamphidium macrostegium (Sull.) Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 45. 1869. (Mitten 1869; Sharp et al. 1994) ≡Barbula macrostegia (Sull.) Kindb., Eur. N. Amer. Bryin. 2: 262. 1897[1898]. (Kindberg 1897; Sharp et al. 1994)
- =Trichostomum dicranelloides Schimp. ex Besch., Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 175. 1872, nom. illeg. (Bescherelle 1872) ≡Rhamphidium dicranelloides Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 393. 1902, nom. illeg.
- =Trichostomum inclinans Schimp. ex Besch., Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 176. 1872. (Bescherelle 1872; Sharp et al. 1994) ≡Rhamphidium inclinans (Schimp. ex Besch.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 393. 1902. (Sharp et al. 1994)
- =Dicranella belangeriana Besch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 3: 183. 1876. (Bescherelle 1876; Sharp et al. 1994)
- =Trichostomum hyophilaceum Müll. Hal., Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 191. 1897. (Müller 1897a; Allen 2002) ≡Rhamphidium hyophilaceum (Müll. Hal.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 393. 1902. (Allen 2002)
- =Aongstroemia schimperi Hampe, Gen. Musc. Frond.: 323. 1900, nom. illeg. (Müller 1901)
Rhamphidium dixonii E.B. Bartram, Philipp. J. Sci. 68: 109. 1939. (Bartram 1939)
Rhamphidium fendleri (Müll. Hal.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 393. 1902. (Brotherus 1902)

Basionym: Trichostomum fendleri Müll. Hal., Linnaea 42: 481. 1879. (Müller 1879)
- =Barbula venezuelana Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 409. 1902. (Churchill et al. 2000)
Rhamphidium gayanum (Mont.) Fedosov, Brinda & Jan Kučera, Taxon 74(2): 242. 2025. (Fedosov et al. 2025)

Basionym: Dicranum gayanum Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 4: 112. 1845. (Montagne 1845; Fedosov et al. 2025)

≡Aongstroemia gayana (Mont.) Müll. Hal., Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 427. 1848. (Müller 1848; Fedosov et al. 2025)
Rhamphidium krausei (Lorentz) Fedosov, Brinda & Jan Kučera, Taxon 74(2): 243. 2025. (Fedosov et al. 2025)

Basionym: Dicranella krausei Lorentz, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 24: 186. 1866. (Lorentz 1866; Fedosov et al. 2025)

≡Dichodontium krausei (Lorentz) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1870–71: 364. 1872. (Jaeger 1872; Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Anisothecium krausei (Lorentz) Herzog, Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 60B: 19. 1939. (Fedosov et al. 2025) ≡Symblepharis krausei (Lorentz) Ochyra & Matteri, Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 41: 1006. 1996. (Ochyra & Matteri 1996; Fedosov et al. 2025)
Rhamphidium laetum (Kunze ex Müll. Hal.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 393. 1902. (Brotherus 1902)

Basionym: Trichostomum laetum Kunze ex Müll. Hal., Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 574. 1849. (Müller 1849)

≡Tortula laeta (Kunze ex Müll. Hal.) Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 159. 1869. (Mitten 1869)
Rhamphidium montanum (Mitt.) R.H. Zander, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32: 278. 1993. (Zander 1993)

Basionym: Tortula montana Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 156. 1869. (Mitten 1869)

≡Barbula montana (Mitt.) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1871–72: 424. 1873. (Jaeger 1873) ≡Didymodon montanus (Mitt.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 10: 273. 1924. (Brotherus 1924a)
Rhamphidium novoguineense D.H. Norris & T.J. Kop., Acta Bot. Fenn. 137: 98. 1989. (Norris & Koponen 1989)
Rhamphidium ovale E.B. Bartram, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 42: 179. 1952. (Bartram 1952)
Rhamphidium purpuratum Mitt., Nat. Hist. Azores: 290. 1870. (Mitten 1870)

≡Trichostomum purpuratum (Mitt.) Paris, Index Bryol.: 1329. 1898.
- =Dicranella teneriffae H. Winter, Hedwigia 55: 87. 1914. (Wijk et al. 1962)
- =Rhamphidium rechingeri Baumgartner, Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 105(2,1): 51. 1943. (Baumgartner 1943; Corley et al. 1981)
Rhamphidium pygmaeolum (Müll. Hal.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 393. 1902. (Brotherus 1902)

Basionym: Barbula pygmaeola Müll. Hal., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s. 4: 115. 1897. (Müller 1897b)
Rhamphidium vaginatum Mitt., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 45. 1869. (Mitten 1869)

Replaced synonym: Trichostomum vaginatum Dozy & Molk., Musc. Frond. Archip. Ind.: 21. 1844, nom. illeg. (Dozy & Molkenboer 1844)

≡Didymodon vaginatus (Mitt.) A. Jaeger, Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1871–72: 368. 1873, nom. illeg. (Jaeger 1873)
Rhamphidium veitchii Dixon, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 55: 276. 1930. (Dixon & Greenwood 1930)

A Synopsis of Rhamphidium

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