Leptobryum pyriforme(Hedw.) Wilson

leptobryum moss

WFO wfo-0001168563 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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.

Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by George Greiff
fig. a George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-12 / obs. 182618172
Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by Quinten Wiegersma
fig. b Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189354456
Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by Ellyne Geurts
fig. c Ellyne Geurts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164871642
Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by Roger Rittmaster
fig. d Roger Rittmaster, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73781169
Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by George Greiff
fig. e George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34023886
Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by Quinten Wiegersma
fig. f Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187912674
Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. g Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164079738
Leptobryum pyriforme, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. h Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106042025

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 30 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 cockaynei R.Br.bis
  • Bryum mnioides J.F.Gmel. ex With.
  • Bryum pyriforme (Hedw.) DC.
  • Bryum pyriforme var. huebnerianum Rabenh.
  • Bryum sericeum Müll.Hal. & Hampe
  • Hypnum pyriforme (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Leptobryum dioicum Debat
  • Leptobryum harriottii R.Br.bis
  • Leptobryum minus H.Philib.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme f. appendiculatum (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme f. huebnerianum (Rabenh.) Mönk.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme f. integrifolium (Röll) Podp.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme f. longicollum (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme f. multigemmiferum M.F.Boiko
  • Leptobryum pyriforme f. pallidum (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme subsp. minus (H.Philib.) J.J.Amann
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. appendiculatum Warnst.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. dioicum (Debat) Cornet
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. flagelliferum Holz.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. huebnerianum (Rabenh.) Limpr.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. integrifolium Röll
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. longicollum Warnst.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. minus (H.Philib.) Husn.
  • Leptobryum pyriforme var. pallidum Warnst.

and 6 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.