Selected material studied: Moratalla, Zaén de Arriba, 1300m, 30-V-2010, Cano 5685 (MUB 32538).
Stream banks.
Previous records: Allorge & Allorge (1946) sub Oxyrhynchium swartzii var. meridionale; Ros & Guerra (1987) sub Eurhynchium hians; Rams et al. (2000) sub E. hians; Cano et al. (2004) sub E. hians and E. hians var. rigidum.