Laubm. Deutschl. 1: 250. 1886. Anoectangium sendtnerianum Bruch & Schimp. in B. S. G., Bryol. Eur. 1: 91. 39 (fasc. 33–36 Monogr. 7. 3). 1846. Type. Europe.

Hymenostylium formosicum Broth. & Yasuda, Rev. Bryol. 53: 1. 1926. Syntypes. China: Taiwan, Mt. Dai-bu, A. Yasuda 607; Taito, A. Yasuda 638.

Hyophila grandiretis Sakurai, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 62: 105. 1949. Type. China: Shanxi (Shansi), Tai Hyi Zhen, Shizui, M. Sato 51 (isotype YNS).

Molendoa roylei auct. non (Mitt.) Broth., Nat. Pflanzenfam. I(3): 391. 1902.

 

Plants rather robust, to 5 cm high, bright green to yellowish green, or dark green, in loose tufts. Stems erect, usually branched; central strand weakly to well differentiated. Leaves appressed to somewhat involute when dry, erect-spreading when moist, linear-lanceolate, 1.3–2.1(–3.0) mm × 0.2–0.3(–0.5) mm, gradually acuminate at the apex; margins entire; costa stout, percurrent to shortly excurrent; upper leaf cells irregularly rounded-hexagonal, 6–12 µm × 5–10 µm, with several simple papillae; basal cells rectangular, 12–36 µm × 6–14 µm, smooth, more or less hyaline. Dioicous. Perichaetial leaves ovate-lanceolate. Setae 3.5–5.5 mm long, reddish yellow, not twisted; capsules erect, obovoid.