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Issue: Vol. 740 No. 2: 5 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.740.2.3
Page range: 153-165
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Taxonomic revision of Philonotis capilliformis and Ditrichopsis wui (Musci), with several national and provincial range extensions of mosses in China

College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
Bryology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, No. 1800, Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 2318 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
Bryophyta China Endangered moss New record New synonym

Abstract

Based on re-examinations of the type specimens, Philonotis capilliformis is rejected as the previously proposed synonymy of P. falcata and is reevaluated as a new synonym of P. turneriana. Ditrichopsis wui is proposed as a new synonym of Voitia nivalis. Additionally, two noteworthy moss species, Cynodontium tenellum, and Neckera oligocarpa, are confirmed as new to China. Atrichum longifolium and Hedwigia sinica have been newly discovered in Xizang, China, and the endangered moss Diphyscium lorifolium has been newly found in Zhejiang Province, eastern China.

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How to Cite

Ma, X.-Y., Zhang, Q.-H., Zheng, J.-Y., Xia, X.-R., Zhu, R.-L., Song, X.-T., Wu, Y.-H. & Huang, W.-Z. (2026) Taxonomic revision of Philonotis capilliformis and Ditrichopsis wui (Musci), with several national and provincial range extensions of mosses in China. Phytotaxa 740 (2): 153–165. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.740.2.3