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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Fissidens Hedw.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Musc. Frond. 152. 1801.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000014805.

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Synonyms of Fissidens

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Conomitrium sect. Polypodiopsis	Müll. Hal.	–	—	wfo-1000050311
Fissidens sect. Pachyfissidens	Müll. Hal.	–	—	wfo-1000050312
Fissidentella	Cardot	Rev. Bryol. Lichénol. 36: 17. 1909.	—	wfo-4000014812
Heterodon	Raf.	Med. Repos., hexade 2, 5: 350. 1808.	—	wfo-4000017712
Moenkemeyera	Müll. Hal.	Flora 69: 506. 1886.	—	wfo-4000024533
Nanobryum	Dixon	J. Bot. 60: 101. 1922.	—	wfo-4000025298
Octodiceras	Brid.	Muscol. Recent. 1: 162. 1806.	—	wfo-4000026532
Pachyfissidens	(Müll. Hal.) Limpr.	Laubm. Deutschl. 4(1): 454. 1887.	—	wfo-4000027657
Polypodiopsis	(Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger	Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1874–75: 132. 1876.	—	wfo-4000030776
Sainsburia	Dixon	Bryologist 44: 40. 1941.	—	wfo-4000033799
Schistophyllum	Lindb.	–	—	wfo-4000034380
Simplicidens	Herzog	Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2 26(2): 58. pl. 2. 1909.	—	wfo-4000035409
Skitophyllum	Bach. Pyl.	J. Bot. Agric. 4: 133	—	wfo-4000035585
Osmundula	Rabenh.	Kryptogamen-Flora von Sachsen. 1: 609. 1863	—	wfo-4100000542

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Fissidens:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Fissidens grandifolius	D. Subram.	Plant Archives 16(2): 541.2016	—	wfo-1000044714
Fissidens integrifolius	Schimp. ex Wijk, Margad. & Florsch.	Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 4: 167 1897	—	wfo-0001193566
Fissidens synoicus	Müll. Hal.	Linnaea 42: 240.1879	—	wfo-1000044718