Gymnostomum

Gymnostomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Pottiales
Family:	Pottiaceae
Genus:	Gymnostomum Nees & Hornsch.

Gymnostomum is a genus of bryophyte in family Pottiaceae. ^[1] It was first described by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck and Christian Friedrich Hornschuch. ^[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Gymnostomum: ^[3]

• Gymnostomum aeruginosum Sm.
• Gymnostomum bahiense Salzm. ex Duby
• Gymnostomum bescherellei Broth. & Geh.
• Gymnostomum bewsii Sim ex Dixon
• Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & Hornsch.
• Gymnostomum carthusianum (Vill. ex Brid.) P.Beauv.
• Gymnostomum chenii K.Saito
• Gymnostomum foliosum Röhl.
• Gymnostomum hymenostylioides (Broth. & Dixon) R.H.Zander
• Gymnostomum laxirete (Broth.) P.C.Chen
• Gymnostomum lessonii Besch.
• Gymnostomum lingulatum Rehmann ex Sim
• Gymnostomum ludovicae Broth. & Paris
• Gymnostomum madagascariense O'Shea
• Gymnostomum mosis (Lorentz) Jur. & Milde
• Gymnostomum simplicissimum (Lour. ex P.Beauv.) Brid.
• Gymnostomum splachnobryoides Bizot
• Gymnostomum unguiculatum H.Philib.
• Gymnostomum viridulum Brid.

References

1. Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). ISBN   0-521-66097-1.
2. "Gymnostomum Nees & Hornsch". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
3. "Gymnostomum Nees & Hornsch". World Flora Online . December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.