Sematophyllum adnatum(Michx.) E.Britton

sematophyllum moss

WFO wfo-0001175547 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 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.

Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. a John Kees, CC0 1.0 / 2021-12-27 / obs. 173789591
Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. b John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173792161
Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. c John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173789742
Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. d John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173791656
Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. e John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173791691
Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. f John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173791740
Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. g John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173791793
Sematophyllum adnatum, photographed by John Kees
fig. h John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173792099

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 23 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.

  • Aptychus microcarpus (R.Hedw. ex Brid.) Müll.Hal.
  • Hypnum admistum Sull.
  • Hypnum microcarpum (R.Hedw. ex Brid.) Müll.Hal.
  • Hypnum microcarpum var. anisocarpon Sull.
  • Hypnum minimum P.Beauv.
  • Leskea adnata Michx.
  • Leskea microcarpa R.Hedw. ex Brid.
  • Rhaphidostegium admistum (Sull.) Broth.
  • Rhaphidostegium adnatum (Michx.) Grout
  • Rhaphidostegium carolinianum var. admistum (Sull.) Grout
  • Rhaphidostegium constrictum (Mitt.) A.Jaeger
  • Rhaphidostegium dimorphum Renauld & Cardot
  • Rhaphidostegium microcarpum (R.Hedw. ex Brid.) A.Jaeger
  • Rhaphidostegium microcarpum subsp. admistum (Sull.) Kindb.
  • Rhaphidostegium microcarpum var. anisocarpon (Sull.) A.Jaeger
  • Rhynchostegium microcarpum (R.Hedw. ex Brid.) Austin
  • Rhynchostegium microcarpum var. anisocarpon (Sull.) Austin
  • Sematophyllum admistum (Sull.) Mitt.
  • Sematophyllum carolinianum var. admistum (Sull.) Grout
  • Sematophyllum constrictum Mitt.
  • Sematophyllum dimorphum (Renauld & Cardot) F.D.Bowers
  • Sematophyllum microcarpum (R.Hedw. ex Brid.) A.Jaeger ex Broth.
  • Stereodon microcarpus (R.Hedw. ex Brid.) Mitt.

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.