Fissidens taxifoliusHedw.

fissidens moss

WFO wfo-0001181871 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. a Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-19 / obs. 199048158
Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. b Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190837774
Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. c Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180188418
Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Dan Wrench
fig. d Dan Wrench, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176372456
Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. e Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 168881188
Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. f Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154314068
Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142451514
Fissidens taxifolius, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. h Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137676736

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Also published as 23 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.

  • Dicranodon taxifolium (Hedw.) Béhéré
  • Dicranum taxifolium (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Fissidens adelphinus var. submucronatus Cardot
  • Fissidens barretoi Dixon & Luisier
  • Fissidens bonvaleti Schimp. & Paris
  • Fissidens clebschii Steere
  • Fissidens excedens Broth.
  • Fissidens nipponensis Sakurai
  • Fissidens okinawaensis E.B.Bartram
  • Fissidens pallidicaulis Mitt.
  • Fissidens pallidicaulis var. major Luisier
  • Fissidens pallidulus Hampe ex Gangulee
  • Fissidens taxifolius f. mucronatus Limpr.
  • Fissidens taxifolius f. pallidulus (Hampe ex Gangulee) Nork.
  • Fissidens taxifolius subsp. pallidicaulis (Mitt.) P.de la Varde
  • Fissidens taxifolius var. bonvaletti (Schimp. & Paris) Besch.
  • Fissidens taxifolius var. langloisii Renauld & Cardot
  • Fissidens taxifolius var. pallidicaulis (Mitt.) Corb.
  • Fissidens taxifolius var. parvulus R.Ruthe ex Röll
  • Fissidens taxifolius var. tenuis Bott.
  • Hypnum taxifolium (Hedw.) With.
  • Schistophyllum taxifolium (Hedw.) Lindb.
  • Skitophyllum taxifolium (Hedw.) Bach.Pyl.

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.