Barbula unguiculataHedw.

barbula moss

WFO wfo-0001153324 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. a Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 191490201
Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Jerry Lanfear
fig. b Jerry Lanfear, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182849392
Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180931083
Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. d Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180487502
Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. e Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179809305
Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. f Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179809682
Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. g Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178787972
Barbula unguiculata, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. h Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176350917

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Also published as 118 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.

  • Barbula amoena Schumach.
  • Barbula apiculata Hedw.
  • Barbula apiculata f. major Mart.
  • Barbula apiculata f. minor Mart.
  • Barbula aristata (Dicks.) Brid.
  • Barbula barbata (Curtis ex With.) Schleich.
  • Barbula brachypus Brid.
  • Barbula cuspidata Schultz
  • Barbula cuspidata var. elongata Schultz
  • Barbula decipiens Sw.
  • Barbula dubia Schumach.
  • Barbula ericetorum (Dicks.) P.Beauv.
  • Barbula fallax var. barbata (Curtis ex With.) Lesq.
  • Barbula fastigiata Schultz
  • Barbula gattefossei P.de la Varde
  • Barbula himantina Besch.
  • Barbula incerta Schumach.
  • Barbula indigens (Renauld & Cardot) Renauld & Cardot
  • Barbula lanceolata Hedw.
  • Barbula lanceolata Schumach.
  • Barbula linoides (Hedw.) Brid.
  • Barbula microcarpa Schultz
  • Barbula mucronulata (Dicks.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Barbula mucronulata Sw.

and 94 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.