Rosulabryum capillare(Hedw.) J.R.Spence

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WFO wfo-0001201518 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. a Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-12 / obs. 197068537
Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Andrew Skotnicki
fig. b Andrew Skotnicki, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197185488
Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. c Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198324147
Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. d Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195087000
Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. e Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195127886
Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. f Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199129109
Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. g Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193205048
Rosulabryum capillare, photographed by Paul Braun
fig. h Paul Braun, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191597353

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Also published as 169 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 abbreviatum Hampe
  • Bryum amoenum Broth.
  • Bryum aschersonii Müll.Hal.
  • Bryum baileyi Holz.
  • Bryum baueri Hampe
  • Bryum caespiticium var. laxum Hook. & Wilson
  • Bryum capense (Müll.Hal.) Podp.
  • Bryum capillare Hedw.
  • Bryum capillare f. arcuatum Podp.
  • Bryum capillare f. arvense Röll
  • Bryum capillare f. microdictyon Latzel
  • Bryum capillare f. piliferum Podp.
  • Bryum capillare f. pseudocapillare (Géneau & Maheu) Podp.
  • Bryum capillare f. pulvinatum (Warnst.) Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. capense (Müll.Hal.) Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. cuspidatum (Schimp.) Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. graniticum Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. heteroneuron Müll.Hal. & Kindb.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. marginatum Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. meridionale (Schimp.) Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. ovoideum Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. platyloma (Schwägr.) Podp.
  • Bryum capillare subsp. rufifolium Dixon
  • Bryum capillare subsp. ruraliforme Kindb.

and 145 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.