Oxyrrhynchium hians(Hedw.) Loeske

eurhynchium moss

WFO wfo-0001189683 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 195028199
Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. b Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194244768
Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Johan Kjær Prehn
fig. c Johan Kjær Prehn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190597674
Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. d Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 189003025
Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. e Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160060248
Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. f Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 126311085
Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. g Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126661003
Oxyrrhynchium hians, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. h Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126673723

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Also published as 54 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.

  • Eurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac.
  • Eurhynchium hians subsp. rappii (R.S.Williams) Grout
  • Eurhynchium hians var. pachyneuron (Lindb.) Paris
  • Eurhynchium hians var. rigidum (Boulay) J.-P.Frahm
  • Eurhynchium orotavense Renauld & Cardot
  • Eurhynchium praelongum subsp. hians (Hedw.) Kindb.
  • Eurhynchium praelongum var. hians (Hedw.) Bott.
  • Eurhynchium praelongum var. laxirete Renauld & Cardot
  • Eurhynchium praelongum var. meridionale (Brizi) Limpr.
  • Eurhynchium praelongum var. meridionale (Boulay) Delogne
  • Eurhynchium praelongum var. rigidum (Boulay) Husn.
  • Eurhynchium praelongum var. robustum (Limpr.) J.J.Amann
  • Eurhynchium praelongum var. vulgare (Boulay) Limpr.
  • Eurhynchium rappii (R.S.Williams) Grout
  • Eurhynchium robustum (Limpr.) Loeske
  • Eurhynchium swartzii f. robustum (Limpr.) Mönk.
  • Eurhynchium swartzii var. hians (Hedw.) Mönk.
  • Eurhynchium swartzii var. meridionale (Brizi) Warnst.
  • Eurhynchium swartzii var. rigidum (Boulay) Thér.
  • Eurhynchium swartzii var. robustum Limpr.
  • Eurhynchium swartzii var. swartzii
  • Hypnum hians Hedw.
  • Hypnum hians var. pachyneuron Lindb.
  • Hypnum praelongum var. meridionale Boulay

and 30 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 EUHI5. 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.