Aloina rigida(Hedw.) Limpr.

Rigid Screw Mossrigid aloina moss

WFO wfo-0001147952 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Aloina rigida, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. a Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-03 / obs. 167182075
Aloina rigida, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. b Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 167179845
Aloina rigida, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. c Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 167179863
Aloina rigida, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. d Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 167179820

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aloina anthropophila (Müll.Hal.) Broth.
  • Aloina collina Torka
  • Aloina longirostris Torka
  • Aloina macrorrhyncha (Kindb.) Kindb.
  • Aloina rigida f. obtusa (Jur.) Mönk.
  • Aloina rigida var. longirostris (Torka) Podp.
  • Aloina rigida var. obtusa (Jur.) Limpr.
  • Aloina rigida var. rigida
  • Aloina stellata Kindb.
  • Aloina stellata var. obtusa (Jur.) I.Hagen
  • Barbula anthropophila Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula macrorrhyncha Kindb.
  • Barbula potaninii Broth. ex Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula rigida Hedw.
  • Barbula rigida var. obtusa (Jur.) Paris
  • Barbula rigida var. rostellifolia Brid.
  • Barbula stellata Corb.
  • Barbula stellata (Dicks.) Brid.
  • Bryum rigidum (Hedw.) With.
  • Desmatodon rigidus (Hedw.) Mitt.
  • Tortula enervis Hook. & Grev.
  • Tortula rigida (Hedw.) Schrad. ex Turner
  • Tortula rigida var. obtusa Jur.
  • Tortula stellata Lindb.

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.