Tortula muralisHedw.

tortula moss

WFO wfo-0001153901 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tortula muralis, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. a Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 205379767
Tortula muralis, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. b Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201824603
Tortula muralis, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200185242
Tortula muralis, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. d Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201584828
Tortula muralis, photographed by Randal
fig. e Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198288351
Tortula muralis, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. f Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197323830
Tortula muralis, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. g Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197068480
Tortula muralis, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. h Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197106010

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Also published as 93 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 aestiva (Brid. ex Hedw.) Schultz
  • Barbula afroinermis Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula annulus Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula binnsii (R.Br.bis) Paris
  • Barbula chrysoblasta Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula elaphrotricha Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula elaphrotricha var. incana Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula emarginata Dozy & Molk.
  • Barbula gulliveri (R.Br.bis) Paris
  • Barbula itzigsohnii Hampe
  • Barbula melbourneana Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula montenegrina Breidl. & Szyszył.
  • Barbula muralis (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
  • Barbula muralis subsp. aestiva (Brid. ex Hedw.) Kindb.
  • Barbula muralis subsp. heribaudii Corb.
  • Barbula muralis subsp. ticinensis (Kindb.) Kindb.
  • Barbula muralis var. aestiva (Brid. ex Hedw.) Röhl.
  • Barbula muralis var. capensis Brid.
  • Barbula muralis var. goettingensis (Brid. ex P.Beauv.) Röhl.
  • Barbula muralis var. heterophylla Piré
  • Barbula muralis var. incana Bruch & Schimp.
  • Barbula muralis var. microcarpa Huebener
  • Barbula muralis var. obcordata Schimp.
  • Barbula muralis var. pilosa (Schrad. ex DC.) Wallr.

and 69 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.