Checklist of the mosses of sub-Saharan Africa

Glossadelphus eckendorffii P.Varde GAB(47).
Glossadelphus euryphyllus P.Varde SIL(47).
Glossadelphus ovalifolius (Besch.) Broth.
MAD(40).
Glossadelphus perplanicaulis (Broth.) Fleisch.
CAM(47), CAR(47).
Glossadelphus scutellifolius (Besch.) Fleisch.
MAD(40).
Glossadelphus serpyllifolius P.Varde UGA(46),
ZAI(65).
Glossadelphus truncatulus (C.Müll.) Fleisch.
TOG(1878).
Glossadelphus truncatus (Welw. & Duby) Fleisch.
ANG(46), CAM(47), CAR(47), GAB(47),
ZAI(65).
Glyphomitrium helenicum Mitt. = Ptychomitrium
helenicum (1521).
Gollania bartramiophylla (C.Müll.) Broth. ex
Par. TAN(46).
Gollania demaretii P.Varde = Chryso-hypnum dema-
retii (65).
Gollania le-testui Dix. & P.Varde GAB(47).
Gollania monodii P.Varde SAO(47).
Goniomitrium africanum (C.Müll.) Broth.
CBS(1531), LES(1531), NAM(1531), OFS(1531),
TRV(1531).
Goniomitrium speluncae P.Varde CAR(47).
Grimmia abyssinica (C.Müll.) Mitt. = G. apiculata
(46).
Grimmia aethiopica C.Müll. ERI(50), ETH(50).
Grimmia affinis Hornsch. KEN(46), TAN(46),
UGA(46), ZIM(61).
Grimmia afro-incurva Broth. TAN(46), UGA(46),
ZAI(65).
Grimmia apiculata Hornsch. CAM(47), ETH(50),
KEN(46), TAN(46).
Grimmia argyrotricha C.Müll. TAN(46).
Grimmia campylotricha C.Müll. TAN(46).
Grimmia conferta Funck = Schistidium apocarpum
var. confertum (1521).
Grimmia donniana var. donniana Sm. TAN(146).
Grimmia erythraea (C.Müll.) Cuf. ERI(50).
Grimmia immergens C.Müll. TAN(46).
Grimmia laevigata (Brid.) Brid. CBS(1531),
KEN(46), LES(1531), NAT(1531), OFS(1531),
REU(105), SUD(1419), TAN(46), UGA(46).
Grimmia longicaulis Dix. KEN(46).
Grimmia madagassa Ren. & Card. MAD(40).
Grimmia mammosa Gao & Cao MAL(66).
Grimmia obtusolinearis C.Müll. TAN(46).
Grimmia ovalis (Hedw.) Lindb. CBS(1531),
LES(1531), NAT(1531), OFS(1531).
Grimmia ovalis (auct. afr., non (Hedw.) Lindb.).
According to Kis, African specimens with this
name should be referred to G. affinis (46). The
above distribution has been confirmed with Dr. R.
Ochyra.
Grimmia pulvinata var. africana (Hedw.) Hook.f.
ETH(50).
Grimmia pulvinata var. pulvinata (Hedw.) Sm.
CBS(1531), ETH(50), LES(1531), NAM(1531),
NAT(1531), OFS(1531).
Grimmia schimperi B&S ex C.Müll., nom. nud.
ETH(50).
Grimmia subleucophaea C.Müll. ETH(50).
Grimmia subleucophaea C.Müll. According to
Ochyra (pers. comm.), the type of this taxon is
indistinguishable from G. laevigata.
Grimmia trichophylla var. brachycarpa De Not.
KEN(46), TAN(46).
Grimmia trichophylla var. trichophylla Grev.
RWA(65).
Grimmia vulcanica Besch. MAD(40), REU(105).
Groutiella elimbata (Thér.) O’Shea MAD(40).
Groutiella laxotorquata (Besch.) Wijk. & Marg.
CAM(47), CAR(47), COM(40), GAB(47),
GHA(47), GUI(47), IVO(44,1880), MAD(40),
MAU(105), NIG(47), SIL(47), TAN(46),
TOG(58,1878), ZAM(62,411).
Groutiella sarcotricha (Broth.) Wijk & Marg.
NIG(334), ZAI(65).
Groutiella thraustophylla (Broth.) Wijk & Marg.
CAM(47).
Gymnostomiella tanganyikae De Sloover
BUR(65).
Gymnostomum aeruginosum Sm. CBS(1531),
LES(1531), NAT(1531), OFS(1531), TAN(46),
TRV(1531).
Gymnostomum bescherellei Broth. & Geh.
ASC(1296).
Gymnostomum bewsii Dix. CBS(1531), LES(1531),
NAT(1531), OFS(1531), TRV(1531).
Gymnostomum calcareum Nees & Hornsch.
MAL(67).
Gymnostomum kenyae P.Varde = Anoectangium
keniae (1420).
Gymnostomum leptostomum Brid., hom. illeg.
MAD(40).
Gymnostomum lessonii Besch. Excluded. According
to Zander (1420), this is a species of Racopilum.
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