Syntrichia caninervisMitt.

tortula moss

WFO wfo-0001191326 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, 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.

Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. a Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-12 / obs. 185383124
Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. b Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 32610375
Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by John Brew
fig. c John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28391036
Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. d Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185383508
Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by John Brew
fig. e John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28391041
Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by zookanthos
fig. f zookanthos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28830475
Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. g Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185383519
Syntrichia caninervis, photographed by zookanthos
fig. h zookanthos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28830479

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 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.

  • Barbula bornmuelleri (Schiffn.) Paris
  • Barbula caninervis (Mitt.) A.Jaeger
  • Barbula desertorum (Broth.) Kindb.
  • Grimmia cucullata J.X.Luo & P.C.Wu
  • Syntrichia abranchesii (Luisier) Ochyra
  • Syntrichia caninervis var. spuria (J.J.Amann) R.H.Zander
  • Syntrichia caninervis var. spuria (J.J.Amann) R.H.Zander
  • Syntrichia desertorum (Broth.) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia hadacii Vondr.
  • Syntrichia montana subsp. abranchesii (Luisier) Podp.
  • Syntrichia pseudodesertorum (J.Froehl.) S.Agnew & Vondr.
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. gypsophila (J.J.Amann ex G.Roth) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. pseudodesertorum Podp.
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. spuria (J.J.Amann) Podp.
  • Syntrichia spuria (J.J.Amann) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia spuria f. epilosa J.J.Amann
  • Tortula abranchesii Luisier
  • Tortula bistratosa Flowers
  • Tortula bornmuelleri Schiffn.
  • Tortula caninervis (Mitt.) Broth.
  • Tortula caninervis subsp. caninervis
  • Tortula caninervis subsp. spuria (J.J.Amann) W.A.Kramer
  • Tortula caninervis var. abranchesii (Luisier) W.A.Kramer
  • Tortula caninervis var. gypsophila (J.J.Amann ex G.Roth) W.A.Kramer

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.
  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.