Syntrichia latifolia(Bruch ex Hartm.) Huebener

Wideleaf Tortula Mosswideleaf tortula moss

WFO wfo-0001191343 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-05 / obs. 195383234
Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Wouter Van Landuyt
fig. b Wouter Van Landuyt, CC0 1.0 / obs. 178314436
Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Kevin
fig. c Kevin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177663430
Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Dan Wrench
fig. d Dan Wrench, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175847018
Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. e Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171091882
Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. f Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166423694
Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Randal
fig. g Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 123729698
Syntrichia latifolia, photographed by Paul Cook
fig. h Paul Cook, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110860696

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Also published as 15 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 latifolia (Bruch ex Hartm.) Bruch & Schimp.
  • Barbula latifolia var. propagulifera Milde
  • Barbula mutica (Schultz) Kindb.
  • Syntrichia laevipila var. mutica Schultz
  • Syntrichia latifolia f. perfragilis (J.J.Amann) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia latifolia f. propagulifera (Milde) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia latifolia var. perfragilis J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia latifolia var. propagulifera (Milde) J.J.Amann
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. latifolia Spreng.
  • Syntrichia ruralis var. mutica (Schultz) Hassk.
  • Tortula latifolia Bruch ex Hartm.
  • Tortula latifolia var. latifolia
  • Tortula latifolia var. propagulifera (Milde) Paris
  • Tortula mutica (Schultz) Lindb.
  • Tortula ruralis var. latifolia Arn.

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.