Taxonomic novelties in Scapania Author Vana, Jiri Department of Botany, Charles University, Benatska 2, 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic Author Hentschel, Joern Department of Systematic Botany with Herbarium Haussknecht and Botanical Garden, Friedrich Schiller University, Fuerstengraben 1, 07743 Jena, Germany Author Mueller, Jochen Department of Systematic Botany with Herbarium Haussknecht and Botanical Garden, Friedrich Schiller University, Fuerstengraben 1, 07743 Jena, Germany Author Heinrichs, Jochen Department of Systematic Botany, Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Untere Karspuele 2, 37073 Goettingen, Germany jheinrichs@lmu.de text PhytoKeys 2012 2012-03-12 10 13 17 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.10.2654 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.10.2654 1314-2003-10-13 1F1D3F774E46FFB9364FFFA9FF947A52 576112 Scapania subg. Gracilidae (H. Buch) Vana , Hentschel, Joch. Muell . & Heinrichs comb. et stat. nov. Basionym. Scapania sect. Gracilidae H. Buch, Commentat. Biol. 3(1): 106. 1928. Type. Scapania gracilis Lindb., Morgonbladet (Helsinki) 1873(286): 2. 1873. Note. According to the molecular phylogenies presented by Heinrichs et al. (2012) , Scapania sect. Gracilidae forms a lineage outside Scapania subg. Scapania ; hence, we propose subgenus rank ( Fig. 1 ).