Tortella flavovirens(Bruch) Broth.

tortella mossyellow crisp-moss

WFO wfo-0001150066 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. a Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-29 / obs. 177585138
Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. b Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177253156
Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. c Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177256418
Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. d Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176771375
Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. e Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171435786
Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. f Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152784968
Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. g Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151667781
Tortella flavovirens, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. h Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147878636

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Also published as 28 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 flavovirens (Bruch) Kindb.
  • Barbula flavovirens subsp. viridiflava (De Not.) Kindb.
  • Barbula limosa Stirt.
  • Barbula limosella Stirt.
  • Didymodon tricolor Bals.-Criv. & De Not.
  • Mollia flavovirens (Bruch) Lindb.
  • Mollia subbifaria Stirt.
  • Tortella esterelensis (J.J.Amann ex G.Roth) Mönk.
  • Tortella flavovirens f. nitidocostata (Bott.) Podp.
  • Tortella flavovirens subsp. esterelensis (J.J.Amann ex G.Roth) Giacom.
  • Tortella flavovirens subsp. limosella (Stirt.) Podp.
  • Tortella flavovirens subsp. viridiflava (De Not.) Giacom.
  • Tortella flavovirens var. laevis Luisier
  • Tortella flavovirens var. viridiflava (De Not.) Casares-Gil
  • Tortella glareicola T.A.Chr.
  • Tortella limosella (Stirt.) P.W.Richards & E.C.Wallace
  • Tortella rubripes (Mitt.) Broth.
  • Tortella viridiflava (De Not.) Broth.
  • Tortula flavovirens (Bruch) Fior.-Mazz.
  • Trichostomum affine Warnst.
  • Trichostomum esterelense J.J.Amann ex G.Roth
  • Trichostomum flavovirens Bruch
  • Trichostomum flavovirens subsp. limosellum (Stirt.) Dixon
  • Trichostomum flavovirens var. brevifolium Schiffn.

and 4 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.