Fissidens pusillus(Wilson) H.Müll.

WFO wfo-0001179057 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, 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.

Fissidens pusillus, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. a Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-09-09 / obs. 94320400
Fissidens pusillus, photographed by George Greiff
fig. b George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92611480
Fissidens pusillus, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. c Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94320490
Fissidens pusillus, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. d Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164016421
Fissidens pusillus, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. e Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164016377
Fissidens pusillus, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. f Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122703981
Fissidens pusillus, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. g Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 149759216
Fissidens pusillus, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. h Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122703970

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 15 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.

  • Fissidens bryoides var. pusillus (Wilson) Pursell
  • Fissidens incurvus subsp. pusillus (Wilson) Boulay
  • Fissidens incurvus subsp. pusillus (Wilson) Schimp.
  • Fissidens incurvus var. lylei (Wilson) Hunt
  • Fissidens loscosianus Jur.
  • Fissidens minutulus subsp. pusillus (Wilson) Wijk & Margad.
  • Fissidens minutulus var. fallax (Limpr.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Fissidens minutulus var. irriguus (Limpr.) Pilous
  • Fissidens pusillus var. irriguus Limpr.
  • Fissidens pusillus var. lylei (Wilson) Braithw.
  • Fissidens pusillus var. madidus Spruce
  • Fissidens viridulus var. lylei Wilson
  • Fissidens viridulus var. pusillus Wilson
  • Schistophyllum incurvum subsp. pusillum (Wilson) Lindb.
  • Schistophyllum pusillum (Wilson) Lindb.

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.

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.