''Catagonium complanatum'' is a species of moss from the genus ''

Catagonium ''Catagonium'' is a genus of moss from the family Catagoniaceae Catagoniaceae is a small family of moss from the order, Hypnales. It is only found in South America and Oceania. Classification It only contains 1 genus: *'' Catagonium'' M� ...

''. It has discovered by

Jules Cardot Jules Cardot (18 August 1860 – 22 November 1934) was a French botanist and bryologist considered in his time one of the world's leading experts on the mosses of Antarctica. He was the son-in-law of botanist Louis Piré. His collection of her ...

and

Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (28 October 1849 – 9 February 1929), Finnish botanist who studied the mosses (Bryophyta), best known for authoring the treatment of 'Musci' in Engler and Prantl's ''Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien''. Personal life ...

in 1925. Before the name ''Catagonium complanatum'', it had a basionym named ''Calliergonella complanata'' by Cardot & Broth.

References

Catagoniaceae Plants described in 1925 Taxa named by Jules Cardot Taxa named by Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus {{hypnales-stub