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The moss families (Bryophyta, Musci) of Britain and Ireland

L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz

Updated names for the illustrations in Rev. M.J. Berkeley’s ‘Handbook of British Mosses’ (1863)

The generic nomenclature and family interpretations mostly conform with Smith (2004), with a few minor adjustments; cf. Vitt (1984), Buck and Goffinet (2000), and Ochyra and O’Shea (2004). The Plates and figures refer to Berkeley’s book, with bold face indicating current binomials.

Andraeopsida

Andreaeaceae

Andreaea alpina Hedw.: Plate 2, 6

Andreaea rupestris, = Andreaea rothii Web. & Mohr.: Plate 2, 7

Bryopsida

Amblystegiaceae

Hypnum riparium, = Leptodictyum riparium (Hedw.) Warnst.: Plate 6, 3

Anomodontaceae

Anomodon venticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Tayl.: Plate 13, 6

Archidiaceae

Archidium phascoides, = Archidium alternifolium (Dicks. ex Hedw.) Mitt.: Hedw.: Plate 24, 10

Aulacomniaceae

Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwaegr., Plate 18, 5

Bartramiaceae

Zygodon lapponicus, = Amphidium lapponicum (Hedw.) Schimp.: Plate 20, 3

Bartramia ithyphylla Brid.: Plate 16, 1

Bartramia pomiformis Hedw.: Plate 16, 2

Conostomum boreale, = Conostomum tetragonum (Hedw.) Lindb.: Plate 15, 8

Bartramia oederi, = Plagiopus oederianus (Sw.) H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson: Plate 16, 3

[Cf. Bartramia calcarea (Bruch & Schimp.) and peristome of B. fontana Brid.: Plate16, 4]

Brachytheciaceae

Hypnum albicans, = Brachythecium albicans (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 5, 1

Hypnum plumosum, = Brachythecium plumosum (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 5, 3

Hypnum velutinum, = Brachythecium velutinum (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 5, 4

Hypnum rivulare, = Brachythecium rivulare (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 5, 6

Hypnum rutabulum, = Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw. Br. Eur.: Plate 5, 5

Hypnum ruscifolium, = Platyhypnidium riparioides (Hedw.) Dickson: Plate 6, 1

Hypnum murale, = Rhynchostegium murale (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 6, 2

Hypnum lutescens, = Homalothecium lutescens (Hedw.) Robins.: Plate 5, 2

Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Schimp.: Plate 12, 6

Hypnum purum, = Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedw.) Fleisch..: Plate 8, 3

Bryaceae

Zieria julacea, = Plagiobryum zierii (Hedw.) Lindb.: Plate 18, 1

Bryum roseum, = Rhodobryum roseum (Hedw.) Limpr.: Plate 18, 2

Campyliaceae

Hypnum chrysophyllum, = Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Brid.) R.S. Chopra: Plate 6, 5

Hypnum revolvens = Scorpidium revolvens (Sw.) Hedenas: Plate 10, 4

Hypnum scorpioides, = Scorpidium scorpioides (Hedw.) Limpr.: Plate 11, 5

Hypnum stellatum, = Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) Lange & Jens.: Plate 6, 6

Hypnum polygamum, = Drepanocladus polygamus (Schimp.) Herdenas: Plate 6, 4

Hypnum aduncum, = Drepanocladus aduncus (Hedw.) Warnst.: Plate 10, 2

Hypnum fluitans, = Drepanocladus fluitans (Hedw.) Warnst.: Plate 10, 3

Hypnum palustre, = Hygrohypnum luridum (Hedw.) Jenn.: Plate 7, 1

Hypnum molle, = Hygrohypnum molle (Heww.) Loeske: Plate 7, 2

Hypnum arcticum, = Hygrohypnum smithii (Sw.) Broth.: Plate 7, 3

Hypnum stramineum, = Straminergon stramineum (Brid.) Hadenas: Plate 7, 4

Hypnum cordifolium, = Calliergon cordifolium (Hedw.) Kindb.: Plate 7, 6

Hypnum trifarium, = Pseudocalliergon trifarium (Weber & Mohr) Loeske: Plate 7, 5

Hypnum uncinatum, = Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske: Plate 11, 1

Hypnum nitens, = Tomentypnum nitens (Hedw.) Loeske.: Plate 4, 6

Catoscopiaceae

Catoscopium nigritum (Hedw.) Brid.: Plate 15, 7

Cinclidotaceae

Cinclidotus fontinaloides (Hedw.) P. Beauv.: Plate 22, 2

Climaciaceae

Climacium dendroides (Hedw.) Web. & Mohr: Plate 13, 2

Cratoneuraceae

Hypnum filicinum, = Cratoneuron filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce: Plate 10, 6

Cryphaeaceae

Cryphaea heteromalla (Hedw.) Mohr: Plate 3, 3

Daltoniaceae

Daltonia splachnoides (Sm.) Hook. & Tayl.: Plate 3, 4

Dicranaceae

Arctoa fulvella (Dicks.) R.Br.: Plate 23, 10

Campylopus flexuosus (Hedw.) Brid.: Plate 23, 4

Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.: Plate 23, 8

Dicranum scoparium Hedw.: Plate 23, 7

Diphysciaceae

Diphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) Mohr: Plate 19, 5

Disceliaceae

Discelium nudum (Dicks.) Brid.: Plate 15, 6

Ditrichaceae

Leptotrichum homomallum, = Ditrichum heteromallum (Hedw.) Britton: Plate 22, 5

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid: Plate 23, 5

Distichium capillaceum (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plat 22, 7

Encalyptraceae

Encalyptra vulgaris Hedw.: Plate 22, 1

Fissidentaceae

Fissidens adianthoides Hedw.: Plate 14, 2

Fissidens taxoides, = Fissidens taxifolius Hedw.: Plate 14, 3

Fontinalaceae

Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw.: Plate 3, 2

Fontinalis squamosa Hedw.: Plate 3, 1

Funariaceae

Entosthodon templetoni, = Entosthodon attenuatus (Dicks.) Bryhn.: Plate 16, 5

Physcomitrella patens, = Aphanorrhegma patens (Hedw.) Lindb.: Plate 24, 9

Funaria hygrometrica Hedw.: Plate 16, 6

Grimmiaceae

Grimmia pulvinata (Hedw.) Smith: Plate 21, 5

Racomitrium aciculare (Hedw.) Brid.: Plate 21, 3

Racomitrium heterostichum (Hedw.) Brid.: Plate 21, 4

Schistidium apocarpum (Hedw.) Br. Eur.:Plate 21, 6

Hedwigiaceae

Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P. Beauv.: Plate 21, 8

Hedwigidium imberbe, = Hedwigia integrifolia P. Beauv.: Plate 21, 7

Helodiaceae

Hypnum blandovii, = Helodium blandovii (Web. & Mohr) Warnst.: Plate 8, 5

Hypnum commutatum, = Palustriella commutata (Hedw.) Ochyra: Plate 10, 5

Hookeriaceae

Hookeria lucens (Hedw.) Smith: Plate 3, 5

Hylocomiaceae

Hypnum splendens, = Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 9, 1

Hypnum brevirostre, = Loeskeobryum brevirostre (Brid.) M. Fleisch.: Plate 9, 2

Hypnum schreberi, = Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt.: Plate 8, 2

Hypnum loreum, = Rhytidiadelphus loreus (Hedw.) Warnst.: Plate 9, 4

Hypnum squarrosum (procumbent form), = Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (Hedw.) Warnst.:Plate 10, 1

Hypnum triquetrum, = Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus (Hedw.) Warnst.: Plate 9, 3

Hypnaceae

Hypnum cuspidatum, = Calliergonella cuspidata (Hedw.) Loeske: Plate 8, 1

Hypnum molluscum, = Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt.: Plate 11, 3

Hypnum flagellare, = Hyocomium armoricum (Brid.) Wijk. & Marg.: Plate 9, 5

Hypnum cupressiforme, = Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw.: Plate 11, 4

Hypnum pulchellum, = Isopterygiopsis pulchella (Hedw.) Z. Iwats.: Plate 12, 1

Hypnum elegans, = Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans (Brid.) Z. Iwats: Plate 12, 3

Hypnum crista-castrensis, = Ptilium cristacastrensis (Hedw.) De Not.: Plate 11, 2

Pylaisia polyantha (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 12, 5

Leptodontaceae

Leptodon smithii (Hedw.) Web. & Mohr: Plate 13, 5

Leucobryaceae

Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Angstr.: Plate 23, 6

Leucodontaceae

Antitrichia curtipendula (Hedw.) Brid.: Plate 13, 4

Leucodon sciuroides (Hedw.) Schwaegr.: Plate 13, 3

Meesiaceae

Amblyodon dealbatus (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 17, 7

Leptobryum pyriforme (Hedw.) Wils.: Plate 18, 3

Meesia uliginosa Hedw.: Plate 16, 7

Mniaceae

Cinclidium stygium Swartz: Plate 17, 1

Mnium affine, = Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) Kop.: Plate 17, 2

Mnium cuspidatum, = Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) Kop.: Plate 17, 3

Mnium undulatum, = Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) Kop.: Plate 17, 4

Mnium rostratum, = Plagiomnium rostratum (Schrad.) Kop.: Plate 17, 5

Mnium punctatum, = Rhizomnium punctatum (Hedw.) Kop.: Plate 17, 6

Neckeraceae

Homalia trichomanoides (Brid.) Br. Eur.: Plate 4, 5

Neckera complanata (Hedw.) Hubn.: Plate 4, 1

Neckera crispa Hedw.: Plate 4, 2

Neckera pennata Hedw.: Plate 4, 4

Neckera pumila Hedw.: Plate 4, 3

Oedipodiaceae

Oedipodium griffithii, = Oedipodium griffithianum (Dicks.) Schwaeg.: Plate 14, 5

Orthodontiaceae

Orthodontium gracile Br. Eur.: Plate 18, 4

Orthotrichaceae

Orthotrichum anomalum Hedw.: Plate 20, 5

Orthotricum cupulatum Brid.: Plate 20, 4

Orthotrichum diaphanum Brid.: Plate 20, 6

Orthotrichum pulchellum Brunton: Plate 20, 7

Orthotrichum leiocarpum, = Orthotrichum striatum Hedw.: Plate 20, 8

Zygodon conoideus (Dicks.) Hook. & Tayl.: Plate 20, 1

Zygodon viridissimus (Dicks.) R. Br.: Plate 20, 2

Pilotrichaceae

Hookeria laete-virens, = Cyclodictyon laete-virens (Hook. & Tayl.) Mitt.: Plate 3, 6

Plagiotheciaceae

Hypnum denticulatum, = Plagiothecium denticulatum (Brid.) Br. Eur.: Plate 12, 2

Hypnum undulatum, = Plagiothecium undulatum (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 12, 4

Pottiaceae

Anacalypta lanceolata, cf. Tortula lanceolata Zander: Plate 23, 1

Anoectangium compactum, = Anoectangium aestivum (Hedw.) Mitt.: Plate 14, 1

Pottia crinita, = Tortula viridifolia (Mitt.) B. & S. (with follicle of “Pottia cavifolia”) Plate 23, 2

Pottia heimii, = Hennediella heimii (Hedw.) Zander: Plate 23, 3

Phascum bryoides, = Protobryum bryoides (Dicks.) Guerra & Cano: Plate 24, 8

Tortula ruralis, = Syntrichia ruralis (Hedw.) Webere & Mohr, var. ruralis: Plate 22, 4

Desmatodon nervosus, = Tortula atrovirens (Sm.) Lindberg: Plate 22, 8

Tortula muralis Hedw.: Plate 22, 3

Weissia controversa Hedw.: Plate 24, 6

Hymenostomum squarrosum, = Weissia squarrosa (N. & H.) C. Mull.: Plate 24, 7

[Didymodon flexifolium Hook. & Tayl. (“a doubtful species”), cf. Leptodontium flexifolium (Dicks.) Hampe in Lindb.: Plate 22, 6]

Ptychomitriaceae

Campylostelium saxicola (Web. & Mohr.) Bruch & Schimp.: Plate 24, 4

Glyphomitrium daviesii (With.) Brid.: Plate 21, 2

Ptychomitrium polyphyllum (Sw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 21, 1

Rhabdoweisiaceae

Cynodontium bruntoni, = Oreoweisia bruntonii (Sm.) Milde: Plate 23, 9

Rhabdoweissia denticulata, = Rhabdoweisia crispata (With.) Lindb.: Plate 24, 5

Schistostegaceae

Schistostega osmundacea, = Schistostega pennata (Hedw.) Web. & Mohr.: Plate 14, 4

Seligeriaceae

Blindia acuta (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 24, 1

Brachyodon trichodes, = Brachydontium trichodes (Web.) Milde: Plate 24, 3

Seligeria calcarea (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 24, 2

Sematophyllaceae

Hypnum demissum, = Sematophyllum demissum Wils.) Mitt.: Plate 11, 6

Splachnaceae

Splachnum ampullaceum Hedw. Plate 15, 4

Splachnum sphaericum Hedw.: Plate 15, 3

Splachnum vasculosum Hedw.: Plate 15, 5

Dissodon splachnoides, = Tayloria lingulata (Dicks.) Lindb.: Plate 14, 6

Tayloria serrata, = Tayloria tenuis (Dicks.) Dix.: Plate 14, 7

Tetraplodon angustatus (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 15, 1

Tetraplodon mnioides (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 15, 2

Thamniaceae

Thamnium alopecurum, = Thamnobryum alopecurum (Hedw.) Nieuwl.: Plate 13, 1

Thuidiaceae

Thuidium tamariscinum (Hedw.) Br. Eur.: Plate 8, 4

Polytrichopsida

Buxbaumiaceae

Buxbaumia aphylla Hedw.: Plate 19, 6

Polytrichaceae

Atrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P. Beauv.: Plate 19, 4

Pogonatum hercynicum, = Oligotrychum hercynicum (Hedw.) Lam. & Cand.: Plate 19, 3

Pogonatum aloides (Hedw.) P. Beauv.: Plate 19, 2

Pogonatum nanum (Hedw.) P. Beauv.: Plate 19, 1

Polytrichum septentrionale, = Polytrichastrum alpine (Hedw.) G.L. Sm. var. septentrionale Swartz: Plate 18, 6

Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw.: Plate 18, 7

Tetraphidaceae

Tetraphis pellucida Hedw.: Plate 19, 8

Tetrodontium browneanum (Dicks.) Schwagr.: Plate 19, 7

Sphagnopsida

Sphagnaceae

Sphagnum compactum DC., Plate 2, 2

Sphagnum cymbifolium, = Sphagnum palustre L. var. palustre: Plate 2, 1

Sphagnum squarrosum Crome: Plate 2, 5

Sphagnum acutifolium, = Sphagnum subnitens Russ. & Warnst.: Plate 2, 4

Sphagnum molluscum, = Sphagnum tenellum (Brid.) Bory.: Plate 2, 3


Revised 5 August 2019


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