Amazoopsis gracilis Engel & Smith Merrill (2004: 246)

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 : 5

2. Amazoopsis gracilis Engel & Smith Merrill (2004: 246)

Family:— Lepidoziaceae

Distribution:— Réunion and Seychelles.

Habitat:— Soil and rotten wood (saprolignicolous) at high altitudes, forest systems with high humidity and shade.

Threat:— Habitat destruction and disturbance and less than 5 localities known from the island.

IUCN threat category:— VU[D2]

Specimens:— Species known from the type collection in Réunion (E edge of Cirque de Mafate ) and from one collection in the Seychelles ( Engel & Smith Merrill 2004). Three other localities from Réunion: Forêt de Bélouve , Ravine Bringellier SSE from Gîte Bélouve, at 1460 m alt., on shady volcanic cliff, 22° 03’ S, 55° 32.5’ E, coll. S. Rózsa, 9642/O ( EGR, F); Basse Vallée, along trail GR2 (Saint-Philippe), 16/07/1996, 21°3’ S, 55°32 S, Kis 1951/CE ( EGR) ; “Brulé de Baril” on the S slope of Piton de la Fournaise volcano, mossy cloud forest on a 400 years old lava flow at 1200 m alt., on soil under a rock overhang, Szabó and Strasberg 9609/ CS ( EGR, Herb. Mascarin in SAINT-LEU, MO, F) .