Hennediella heimii(Hedw.) R.H.Zander

Heim's desmatodon moss

WFO wfo-0001198707 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Hennediella heimii, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. a Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-12 / obs. 187682752
Hennediella heimii, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. b Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 187683052
Hennediella heimii, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. c Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 187682071
Hennediella heimii, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. d Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 187683039
Hennediella heimii, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. e Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 187682777

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 91 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.

  • Bryum antarcticum Hook.f. & Wilson
  • Bryum heimii (Hedw.) Dicks.
  • Desmatodon heimii (Hedw.) Mitt.
  • Desmatodon heimii var. arcticus (Lindb.) H.A.Crum
  • Desmatodon heimii var. heimii
  • Desmatodon heimii var. obtusifolius (Müll.Hal.) Kuc
  • Desmatodon latifolius var. spelaeus (J.J.Amann) Podp.
  • Desmatodon spelaeus J.J.Amann
  • Desmatodon suberectus var. spelaeus (J.J.Amann) J.J.Amann
  • Desmatodon systylioides Renauld & Cardot
  • Desmatodon wilczekii Meyl.
  • Didymodon affinis Garov.
  • Didymodon heimii (Hedw.) Kindb.
  • Didymodon heimii subsp. ryanii (H.Philib.) Kindb.
  • Didymodon heimioides (Kindb.) Kindb.
  • Gymnostomum affine Nees & Hornsch.
  • Gymnostomum heimii Hedw.
  • Gymnostomum obtusifolium R.Br.
  • Gymnostomum systylium Funck
  • Hennediella heimii var. alpina (J.J.Amann) R.H.Zander
  • Hennediella heimii var. brachyphylla (Warnst.) R.H.Zander
  • Hennediella heimii var. brevicuspis (Warnst.) R.H.Zander
  • Hennediella heimii var. breviseta (Warnst.) R.H.Zander
  • Hennediella heimii var. drummondii (Warnst.) R.H.Zander

and 67 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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol DEHE7. public domain. 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.