Tortula obtusifolia(Schwägr.) Mathieu

Obtuseleaf Desmatodon Moss

WFO wfo-0001153926 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Tortula obtusifolia, photographed by Randal
fig. a Randal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-23 / obs. 200968481
Tortula obtusifolia, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. b Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 71993244
Tortula obtusifolia, photographed by Randal
fig. c Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200968453
Tortula obtusifolia, photographed by Randal
fig. d Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200968428

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 26 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 arenacea (Sull. & Lesq.) A.Jaeger
  • Barbula manniae Müll.Hal.
  • Barbula obtusifolia Schwägr.
  • Barbula obtusifolia var. brevifolia (Schimp.) Schimp.
  • Barbula subtorquescens (Müll.Hal. & Kindb.) Kindb.
  • Crossidium manniae (Müll.Hal.) Kindb.
  • Desmatodon arenaceus Sull. & Lesq.
  • Desmatodon coloradensis Grout
  • Desmatodon flavicans Bruch & Schimp.
  • Desmatodon flavicans var. obtusifolius (Schwägr.) Bruch & Schimp.
  • Desmatodon obtusifolius (Schwägr.) Schimp.
  • Desmatodon obtusifolius var. brevifolius Schimp.
  • Desmatodon obtusifolius var. limbatus (Herzog) Wijk & Margad.
  • Desmatodon subtorquescens Müll.Hal. & Kindb.
  • Didymodon arenaceus (Sull. & Lesq.) Kindb.
  • Didymodon oblongifolius Drumm.
  • Pachyneurum obtusifolium (Schwägr.) J.J.Amann
  • Pachyneurum obtusifolium var. brevifolium (Schimp.) J.J.Amann
  • Pachyneurum obtusifolium var. limbatum (Herzog) J.J.Amann
  • Tortula arenacea (Sull. & Lesq.) Culm.
  • Tortula muralis subsp. obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Culm.
  • Tortula obtusifolia var. brevifolia (Schimp.) G.Roth
  • Tortula obtusifolia var. limbata Herzog
  • Tortula subtorquescens (Müll.Hal. & Kindb.) Broth.

and 2 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.