Meesia triquetra(L. ex Jolycl.) Ångstr.

meesia moss

WFO wfo-0001176113 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Meesia triquetra, photographed by Chris Winchell
fig. a Chris Winchell, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-23 / obs. 159240689
Meesia triquetra, photographed by Chris Winchell
fig. b Chris Winchell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159240815
Meesia triquetra, photographed by Steve Matson
fig. c Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109403054
Meesia triquetra, photographed by Steve Matson
fig. d Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109403082
Meesia triquetra, photographed by Steve Matson
fig. e Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109403062
Meesia triquetra, photographed by Steve Matson
fig. f Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109403074
Meesia triquetra, photographed by Chris Winchell
fig. g Chris Winchell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159240737

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.

  • Bryum triquetrum Hook. & Taylor
  • Dichodontium pellucidum var. lamyi Husn.
  • Meesia trifaria H.A.Crum, Steere & L.E.Anderson
  • Meesia trifaria f. crassifolia (Kabiersch) Smirnova
  • Meesia trifaria f. gigantea (Sanio) Smirnova
  • Meesia trifaria f. timmioides (Sanio) Smirnova
  • Meesia triquetra f. crassifolia Kabiersch
  • Meesia triquetra f. gigantea (Sanio) Mönk.
  • Meesia triquetra var. gigantea Sanio
  • Meesia triquetra var. timmioides Sanio
  • Meesia tristicha var. gigantea (Sanio) Paris
  • Meesia tristicha var. purpusii Röll
  • Meesia tristicha var. timmioides (Sanio) Paris
  • Meesia tschuctschica Müll.Hal.
  • Mnium triquetrum L. ex Jolycl.

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.