Endemic mosses of Sri Lanka

At present there are 59 endemic moss taxa recognised in Sri Lanka, representing 10.7% of the moss flora.   They are in 19 families and 37 genera.   There are no endemic moss families or genera in Sri Lanka.  It is likely that the total number of endemics will reduce, as further work on the flora reveals the same taxa under different names elsewhere in the region.

Anoectangium hymenodontoides (Muell.Hal.) A.Jaeger
Astomum abbreviatum (Thwaites & Mitt.) M.Fleisch.
Brachymenium glaucum A.Jaeger
Brachymenium nietneri (Muell.Hal.) A.Jaeger
Calyptothecium compressum Nog.
Calyptrochaeta lucida (Thwaites & Mitt.) O'Shea
Campylopus umbellatus var. pterotoneuron (Muell.Hal.) J.-P.Frahm
Chaetomitrium volutum Mitt.
Ctenidium ceylanicum Cardot ex M.Fleisch.
Dicnemoloma mittenii (M.Fleisch.) Broth.
Dicranum decumbens Thwaites & Mitt.
Distichophyllum ceylanicum (Mitt.) Paris
Ectropothecium leiophyllum (Mitt.) A.Jaeger
Fabronia beccarii Hampe
Fissidens angustus Thwaites & Mitt.
Fissidens antrophyi Muell.Hal.
Fissidens discolor Wilson ex Mitt.
Fissidens macrosporoides Dixon & P.de la Varde
Fissidens plumula Thwaites & Mitt.
Fissidens socialis Muell.Hal.
Fissidens speluncae Broth.
Fissidens subobscurus Paris
Funaria beccarii (Hampe) Paris
Funaria subplanifolia Broth.
Isopterygium fallax M.Fleisch.
Isothecium ceylonense M.Fleisch.
Isothecium rigidissimum (Muell.Hal.) M.Fleisch.
Leptotrichella edentata (Thwaites & Mitt. in Mitt.) Ochyra
Leptotrichella infuscata (Thwaites & Mitt. in Mitt.) Ochyra
Leptotrichella subangulata (Thwaites & Mitt.) Ochyra
Macrohymenium nietneri (Muell.Hal.) A.Jaeger
Macromitrium angulosum Thwaites & Mitt.
Macromitrium binsteadii Dixon
Macromitrium fulvum Mitt.
Macromitrium nietneri Muell.Hal.
Macromitrium pseudoramentosum Herzog
Macromitrium sulcatum var. torulosum (Mitt.) Tixier
Pilotrichella phyllogonioides A.Jaeger
Plagiothecium ceylonense Broth. ex Dixon
Plagiothecium subglaucum Thwaites & Mitt.
Porothamnium ceylonense M.Fleisch.
Pterobryopsis aurantia (Muell.Hal.) M.Fleisch.
Rhynchostegiella fabroniadelphus (Muell.Hal.) Broth.
Sematophyllum capilliferum Thwaites & Mitt.
Sematophyllum ceylonense (Hampe) Broth.
Sematophyllum falcatulum var. subfalcatulum Broth. in Herzog
Sematophyllum frullaniadelphus (Muell.Hal.) Broth.
Sematophyllum pilotrichelloides Cardot & Dixon
Sematophyllum scabriusculum (Broth.) Broth.
Taxiphyllum subretusum (Thwaites & Mitt.) O'Shea
Taxithelium planissimum Broth. in Herzog
Trachythecium tuberculatum (Mitt.) M.Fleisch.
Trematodon brevisetus Dixon
Trichosteleum ramulinum var. pendulum Broth. in Herzog
Vesicularia caloblasta Broth. & Dixon
Warburgiella falcatula (Broth.) Broth.
Warburgiella filicuspis (Broth.) Broth.
Wijkia ceylonensis (Broth. & Dixon in Dixon) H.A.Crum
Zygodon humilis Thwaites & Mitt.