Stereophyllum guarapense Besch. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 21: 269. 1877 .

= Stereophyllum radiculosum (Hook.) Mitt., fide GROUT (1945: 61); IRELAND & BUCK (1994: 4).

Type citation. – “Guarapi, Balansa 1216 ”.

Type specimen. – Isotype: Guarapi, juin 1877, Balansa 1216 (Herb. DC. [1878], G00042202) .

Type designation. – IRELAND & BUCK (1994: 4): holotype (BM).

Specimens. – L’Assomption, Mai 1874, Balansa 1196 (G [1878], G00042584) [published in BESCHERELLE, 1877: 269] . Guarapi, sur le tronc des arbres, juin 1881, Balansa 3680 (G, G00048139; G [1885], G00048136; Herb. Barb.- Boiss., G00048144; Herb. Boiss., G00048137; Herb. DC. [1884], G00048135) . Guarapi, sur le tronc des orangers, 28 juillet 1881, Balansa 3682a (G, G00048134; Herb. Boiss., G00048138) [published in BESCHERELLE, 1885: 19] .

Comments. – Number 3680 was used by Müller (MÜLLER & STEPHANI, 1887: 57) for the nomen nudum “ Hypnum turgidicaule”.