Pogonatum nanum(Hedw.) P.Beauv.

WFO wfo-0001157695 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 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.

Pogonatum nanum, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. a Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-22 / obs. 176787777
Pogonatum nanum, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. b Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176787792
Pogonatum nanum, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. c Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176787811

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 21 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.

  • Catharinea nana (Hedw.) Röhl.
  • Mnium polytrichoides Balb.
  • Pogonatum aloides Brunnth.
  • Pogonatum aloides subsp. nanum (Hedw.) Albr.Rohn. ex Podp.
  • Pogonatum intermedium (Brid.) Röhl.
  • Pogonatum nanum f. brevisetum Röll ex E.Bauer
  • Pogonatum nanum var. intermedium (Brid.) Röhl.
  • Pogonatum nanum var. nanum
  • Pogonatum nanum var. robustum Velen.
  • Pogonatum nanum var. subrotundum (Menzies ex Brid.) Röhl.
  • Pogonatum polytrichoides (Balb.) Brockm.
  • Pogonatum polytrichoides (Balb.) P.Beauv.
  • Pogonatum polytrichoides var. intermedium (Brid.) Brockm.
  • Pogonatum pumilum var. intermedium (Brid.) Brid.
  • Pogonatum subrotundum (Menzies ex Brid.) Bom.
  • Polytrichum aloides subsp. nanum (Hedw.) Albr.Rohn.
  • Polytrichum aloides var. nanum (Hedw.) Gray
  • Polytrichum intermedium Brid.
  • Polytrichum nanum Hedw.
  • Polytrichum nanum var. subrotundum (Menzies ex Brid.) Hampe
  • Polytrichum subrotundum Menzies ex Brid.

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.