Plagiochila renauldii Stephani (1904a: 156)

Ah-Peng, Claudine, Bardat, Jacques, Pócs, Tamás, Söderström, Lars, Staménoff, Pierre & Strasberg, Dominique, 2012, Red List of liverworts and hornworts for Réunion (Mascarene archipelago), Phytotaxa 68 (1), pp. 1-23 : 16-17

34. Plagiochila renauldii Stephani (1904a: 156)

Family:— Plagiochilaceae .

Distribution:— Réunion and Mauritius.

Habitat:— Upper cloud forests, corticolous and humicolous at the base of trunks.

Threat:— This species has a narrow elevational range (1750 – 2518 m). The species may be sensitive to global warming.

IUCN threat category:— VU[D2]

Specimens:—Three localities known from Réunion: Cirque de Cilaos, betw. Petit Matarum—Gite

Caverne Dufour, subalpine ericaceous heath, between 1930 and 2518 m alt., 11.07.1996, 21°6'S 55°29.7- 30.1'E, Szabó 9640CS (EGR); Saint-Benoît, GR Bélouve Piton des Neiges , 21°04'42S 55°31'42E, 1750 m, 29.03.2008, Bardat & Chuah-Petiot 1750P1Q1TB1; Bardat & Chuah-Petiot 1750P1Q1TA3 .