Rhynchostegiella tenella(Dicks.) Limpr.

WFO wfo-0001179197 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-09 / obs. 198321178
Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by George Greiff
fig. b George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108241810
Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. c Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 103644593
Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. d Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 103632795
Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. e Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97347298
Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by George Greiff
fig. f George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64211834
Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. g Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116772587
Rhynchostegiella tenella, photographed by Helen Waterman
fig. h Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163639394

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Also published as 31 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.

  • Brachythecium tenellum (Dicks.) Kindb.
  • Eurhynchium algirianum var. meridionale (Brizi) W.E.Nicholson & Dixon
  • Eurhynchium tenellum (Dicks.) Milde
  • Hypnum exiguum Blandow ex Schultz
  • Hypnum micracanthis Myrin
  • Hypnum rigidulum Bruch
  • Hypnum tenellum Dicks.
  • Hypnum tenellum var. meridionale (Brizi) Belli
  • Hypnum tenellum var. rigidulum (Bruch) Dozy & Molk.
  • Pancovia tenella (Dicks.) Piré
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella f. brachystegia (J.J.Amann) J.J.Amann
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella f. cavernarum (Brizi) Podp.
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella f. meridionalis (Brizi) Podp.
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella f. petricensis (Papp) Podp.
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella f. septentrionalis (Brizi) Podp.
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella var. brachystegia J.J.Amann
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella var. cavernarum (Brizi) J.J.Amann
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella var. petricensis Papp
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella var. praecox J.J.Amann
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella var. rigidula (Bruch) Wijk & Margad.
  • Rhynchostegiella tenella var. tenella
  • Rhynchostegium algirianum var. cavernarum Brizi
  • Rhynchostegium algirianum var. meridionale Brizi
  • Rhynchostegium algirianum var. septentrionale Brizi

and 7 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.

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.