Abstract
A lectotype for Gymnostomum pennatum Hedw. [ = Schistostega pennata (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr] is proposed herein. This entity was first described by as Mnium osmundaceum Dicks. before being ascribed to under the name Gymnostomum pennatum. Potential type material from G (Hedwig–Schwägrichen collection) as well as earlier collections in BM (Herb. Dickson) and K (Herb. Lightfoot) were examined and a lectotype was selected for this early moss name from amongst the extant material.
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