Ptychomitrium angusticarpum
Greater Pincushion
Ptychomitrium polyphyllum
(Dicks.) Bruch & Schimp. Species
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- Botanical name
- Ptychomitrium polyphyllum
- Also known as
- Greater Pincushion, Long-Shanked Pincushion
- Family
- Ptychomitriaceae
- Genus
- Ptychomitrium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Greater Pincushion
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ptychomitrium polyphyllum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Brachysteleum polyphyllum
Bryum polyphyllum
Cecalyphum fertile
Cecalyphum tortile
Cynodontium robustum
Dicranodontium robustum
Dicranoweisia robusta
Dicranum polyphyllum
Dicranum polyphyllum var. aggregatum
Glyphomitrium azoricum
Glyphomitrium polyphyllum
Glyphomitrium polyphyllum f. procerum
Mnium tortile
Ptychomitrium azoricum
Racomitrium falcifolium
Racomitrium lingulatum
Racomitrium polyphyllum
Racomitrium polyphyllum var. armoricum
Racomitrium polyphyllum var. cirratum
Racomitrium polyphyllum var. falcifolium
Racomitrium polyphyllum var. tortile
Trichostomum cirratum
Trichostomum falcifolium
Trichostomum polyphyllum
Trichostomum serratum
Others in Ptychomitrium
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