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Campylopus vesticaulis Mitt. in Melliss [St. Helena 359 (1875)]was described from the island of St. Helena; it is not accepted as part of the NZ flora. This name was apparently first used in a N.Z context by Beever et al. (1992), on advice of J.-P. Frahm, to replace C. paludosus. Campylopus vesticaulis was included in Fife (1995). Frahm does not apply this name consistently to N.Z. material and the occurrence of this species in N.Z. is deemed phytogeographically unlikely. The only specimen seen, apart from the type of C. paludosus (see above), named by Frahm as C. vesticaulis (Frahm 22-15 ex Mt. Ruapehu, CHR 504783) is referrable to C. clavatus.