⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35150932, with some changes.

Merceyopsis excavata Sakurai is a synonym of Gymnostomum aeruginosum Sm.

This name is a synonym of Gymnostomum aeruginosum Sm..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35150932) with original publication details: J. Jap. Bot. 27: 281. 5 281 1952.