Geheebia lurida(Hornsch. ex Spreng.) J.A.Jiménez & M.J.Cano

WFO wfo-1000018267 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Geheebia lurida, photographed by Paul Cook
fig. a Paul Cook, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-03-07 / obs. 62967272
Geheebia lurida, photographed by Paul Cook
fig. b Paul Cook, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62967398
Geheebia lurida, photographed by George Greiff
fig. c George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59230264
Geheebia lurida, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. d Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108222128
Geheebia lurida, photographed by George Greiff
fig. e George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29614930
Geheebia lurida, photographed by Young Jun Lee
fig. f Young Jun Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180084215
Geheebia lurida, photographed by Young Jun Lee
fig. g Young Jun Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114185420
Geheebia lurida, photographed by Young Jun Lee
fig. h Young Jun Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108718878

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Where it actually grows measured, from 54 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low -4.2 °C 1.2 °C 4.0 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 18.4 °C 22.3 °C 26.7 °C
Annual rainfall 620 mm 746 mm 1,073 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 104 mm 150 mm 218 mm

It is found where winters bring light frost. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 54 research-grade observations of Geheebia lurida that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 34 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 deusta Brid.
  • Barbula imbricata Herrnst. & Heyn
  • Barbula lurida (Hornsch. ex Spreng.) Lindb.
  • Barbula schenckii Broth.
  • Barbula trifaria f. brevifolia (Latzel) Podp.
  • Barbula trifaria f. rubella (Loeske) Podp.
  • Barbula trifaria f. subscabra (T.Linder) Podp.
  • Barbula trifaria f. tophacea (J.J.Amann) Podp.
  • Barbula trifaria var. cuspidata (Schimp.) Podp.
  • Barbula trifaria var. intermedia (R.Ruthe) Podp.
  • Barbula trifaria var. krimensis (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Cynodon luridus (Hornsch. ex Spreng.) Bruch ex Brid.
  • Cynodontium luridum (Hornsch. ex Spreng.) Wallr.
  • Didymodon brevicaulis Schultz
  • Didymodon krimensis Warnst.
  • Didymodon luridus Hornsch. ex Spreng.
  • Didymodon luridus f. brevifolius Latzel
  • Didymodon luridus f. cuspidatus (Schimp.) Röll
  • Didymodon luridus f. rubellus Loeske
  • Didymodon luridus f. subscabrus T.Linder
  • Didymodon luridus f. tophaceus J.J.Amann
  • Didymodon luridus var. cuspidatus Schimp.
  • Didymodon luridus var. intermedius (R.Ruthe) Limpr.
  • Didymodon luridus var. latifolius Hillier

and 10 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.

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.