Millimetre Moss

Micromitrium tenerum

(Bruch & Schimp.) Crosby Species

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Botanical name
Micromitrium tenerum
Also known as
Millimetre Moss
Family
Micromitriaceae
Genus
Micromitrium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Millimetre Moss

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Other names for this plant

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

Aporella moravica Ephemerum capituligerum Ephemerum grandifolium Ephemerum serratum var. tenerum Ephemerum tenerum Micromitrium austinii Micromitrium austinii var. floridanum Micromitrium tenerum var. moravicum Micromitrium tenerum var. nanum Nanomitrium austinii Nanomitrium austinii var. floridanum Nanomitrium capituligerum Nanomitrium grandifolium Nanomitrium moravicum Nanomitrium tenerum Nanomitrium tenerum var. moravicum Nanomitrium tenerum var. nanum Phascum tenerum

Others in Micromitrium

Micromitrium megalosporum
Micromitrium wrightii
Micromitrium thelephorothecum
Micromitrium lacustre
Micromitrium perexiguum
Micromitrium tenerum var. tenerum
Micromitrium synoicum
Micromitrium tenerum var. longifolium

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