Tortula atrovirens(Turner ex Sm.) Lindb.

convolute desmatodon mossrib-leaf moss

WFO wfo-0001150199 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-26 / obs. 176139464
Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 104700086
Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Cecile Roux
fig. c Cecile Roux, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 90284176
Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51148130
Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. e Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 48241172
Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. f Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 155827142
Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15273737
Tortula atrovirens, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. h Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113205335

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Also published as 54 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.

  • Anacalypta brachyodus Hampe
  • Barbula atrovirens (Turner ex Sm.) Schimp.
  • Barbula atrovirens var. edentula (Bruch & Schimp.) Schimp.
  • Barbula atrovirens var. gasilienii (Venturi) Casares-Gil
  • Barbula atrovirens var. leucodonta Corb.
  • Barbula circinalis Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula crassinervia Taylor
  • Barbula minuta (R.Br.bis) Paris
  • Barbula nervosa (De Not.) Milde
  • Barbula parvula (Hook. & Grev.) Spreng.
  • Barbula schimperi (Mont.) Mitt.
  • Desmatodon atrovirens (Turner ex Sm.) Jur.
  • Desmatodon californicus Lesq.
  • Desmatodon convolutus (Brid.) Grout
  • Desmatodon convolutus var. edentulus (Bruch & Schimp.) Grout
  • Desmatodon convolutus var. gasilienii (Venturi) Wijk & Margad.
  • Desmatodon convolutus var. leucodontus (Corb.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Desmatodon gasilienii Venturi
  • Desmatodon nervosus De Not.
  • Desmatodon nervosus var. edentulus Bruch & Schimp.
  • Desmatodon nervosus var. gasilienii (Venturi) Husn.
  • Desmatodon obtusus Sull. & Lesq.
  • Desmatodon obtusus var. edentulus (Bruch & Schimp.) Sull. & Lesq.
  • Desmatodon schimperi (Mont.) A.Jaeger

and 30 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.