Abstract:

 In 1929, V. F. Brotherus published eight species and one form of Chinese

Brachytheciaceae based on Handel-Mazzetti's collections from Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan

provinces of China during 1914～1918. The holotypes of all the taxa mentioned above were

studied by the present authors. Three names are newly reduced to synonyms: Brachytheci-

um subcurvatulum≡ Brachythecium velutinum ;  Rhynchostegium gracilescens≡ Eu-

rhynchium savatieri and Rhynchostegium obsoletinerve≡Herzogiella turfacea.

Key words: Brachytheciaceae, Holotype, New synonyms