Golden Thread Moss

Leptobryum pyriforme

(Hedw.) Wilson Species

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Botanical name
Leptobryum pyriforme
Also known as
Golden Thread Moss, Golden Thread-Moss
Family
Meesiaceae
Genus
Leptobryum
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Golden Thread Moss

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Leptobryum pyriforme but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bryum cockaynei Bryum pyriforme Bryum pyriforme var. huebnerianum Bryum sericeum Hypnum pyriforme Leptobryum dioicum Leptobryum harriottii Leptobryum minus Leptobryum pyriforme f. appendiculatum Leptobryum pyriforme f. huebnerianum Leptobryum pyriforme f. integrifolium Leptobryum pyriforme f. longicollum Leptobryum pyriforme f. multigemmiferum Leptobryum pyriforme f. pallidum Leptobryum pyriforme subsp. minus Leptobryum pyriforme var. appendiculatum Leptobryum pyriforme var. dioicum Leptobryum pyriforme var. flagelliferum Leptobryum pyriforme var. huebnerianum Leptobryum pyriforme var. integrifolium Leptobryum pyriforme var. longicollum Leptobryum pyriforme var. minus Leptobryum pyriforme var. pallidum Leptobryum sericeum Mnium pyriforme Pleuridium nitidum var. bulbilliferum Pohlia sericea Pseudephemerum nitidum var. bulbilliferum Webera pyriformis

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