Tetraplodon mnioides(Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.

entireleaf nitrogen moss

WFO wfo-0001149213 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 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.

Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by Dag Endresen
fig. a Dag Endresen, CC0 1.0 / 2020-08-04 / obs. 88174072
Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. b Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49301542
Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by Dag Endresen
fig. c Dag Endresen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 88201294
Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. d Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49301616
Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by er-birds
fig. e er-birds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139060570
Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by crlevy
fig. f crlevy, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 142025250
Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by Cheryl McCleary-Catalano
fig. g Cheryl McCleary-Catalano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4319119
Tetraplodon mnioides, photographed by Neil Clark
fig. h Neil Clark, CC0 1.0 / obs. 158423650

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 44 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 canescens Vill. ex Brid.
  • Phascum pedunculatum Poir.
  • Pycnapophyscium mnioides (Hedw.) Trevis.
  • Splachnum adamsianum Hornsch.
  • Splachnum arcticum R.Br.
  • Splachnum breweri Hedw. ex With.
  • Splachnum brewerianum Hedw.
  • Splachnum canescens P.Beauv.
  • Splachnum exsertum R.Br.
  • Splachnum fastigiatum Dicks.
  • Splachnum mnioides Hedw.
  • Splachnum mnioides var. brewerianum (Hedw.) Huebener
  • Splachnum mnioides var. elongatum Drumm.
  • Splachnum mnioides var. fastigiatum (Wahlenb.) Ångstr.
  • Splachnum mnioides var. majus Hook. & Taylor
  • Splachnum mnioides var. minus Hook. & Taylor
  • Splachnum piliferum Trentep. ex F.Weber
  • Splachnum propinquum R.Br.
  • Splachnum urceolatum var. fastigiatum Wahlenb.
  • Splachnum urceolatum var. majus (Hook. & Taylor) Sommerf.
  • Splachnum urceolatum var. minus Wahlenb.
  • Splachnum urceolatum var. mnioides (Hedw.) Sw.
  • Splachnum urceolatum var. piliferum (Trentep. ex F.Weber) Brid.
  • Tetraplodon brewerianus (Hedw.) De Not.

and 20 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.