Brachythecium rutabulum(Hedw.) Schimp.

brachythecium moss

WFO wfo-0001155382 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. a Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-31 / obs. 202524902
Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. b Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200933833
Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. c Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197862652
Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. d Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197068161
Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. e Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193463740
Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. f Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191490399
Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. g Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194830224
Brachythecium rutabulum, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. h Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 188968772

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Also published as 107 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.

  • Brachythecium aureonitens (Mönk.) Loeske
  • Brachythecium cavernosum Kindb.
  • Brachythecium curtum var. robustum G.Roth
  • Brachythecium espinosae Herzog
  • Brachythecium hirtipes (Müll.Hal.) Schimp.
  • Brachythecium laxirete Kindb.
  • Brachythecium mirabundum Müll.Hal. & Kindb.
  • Brachythecium moenkemeyeri Loeske
  • Brachythecium novae-valesiae Geh.
  • Brachythecium pedemontanum G.Roth
  • Brachythecium platycladum Müll.Hal. & Kindb.
  • Brachythecium pseudorutabulum (Hampe) Spruce
  • Brachythecium rivulare subsp. flavescens (Schimp.) Kindb.
  • Brachythecium rivulare var. chrysophyllum Bagn. ex Dixon
  • Brachythecium rivulare var. paradoxum Herzog
  • Brachythecium rivulare var. paraphyllosum Latzel
  • Brachythecium rivulare var. pedemontanum (G.Roth) Bott.
  • Brachythecium rivulare var. subsphaerocarpon (De Not.) De Not.
  • Brachythecium rivulare var. tenue Dixon
  • Brachythecium robustum (Schimp.) Loeske
  • Brachythecium rutabulum f. abbreviatum (Röll) Podp.
  • Brachythecium rutabulum f. atroviride (Brizi) Podp.
  • Brachythecium rutabulum f. aureonitens (Mönk.) Podp.
  • Brachythecium rutabulum f. brevisetum (Fiedl.) Podp.

and 83 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.