Syntrichia fragilis(Taylor) Ochyra

Fragile Tortula Moss

WFO wfo-0001197428 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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 fragilis, photographed by Andrew J. Crawford
fig. a Andrew J. Crawford, CC0 1.0 / 2018-07-27 / obs. 22068162
Syntrichia fragilis, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. b Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 75492012
Syntrichia fragilis, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. c Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 76035652

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 71 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 affinis Hampe
  • Barbula alpina var. inermis Milde
  • Barbula alpina var. mutica Molendo
  • Barbula bipedicellata (Besch. ex E.Britton) Paris
  • Barbula brachyaichme Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula brevimucronata Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula brunnea Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula erubescens Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula exesa Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula fragilis (Taylor) Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula hildebrandtii Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula leikipiae Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula macowaniana Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula meruensis Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula meruensis var. papillosa (Broth.) Paris
  • Barbula oranica Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula pichinchensis (Taylor) Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula savatieri Besch.
  • Barbula schmidii Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula subrufa Renauld & Cardot
  • Barbula subspathulata Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula taylorii Lindb.
  • Barbula trianae Müll.Hal.
  • Syntrichia alpina f. inermis (Milde) Laz.

and 47 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.