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The genus Fissidens is in the family Fissidentaceae in the major group Bryophytes (Mosses and liverworts).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Fissidens

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Fissidens adianthoides Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens aggestus (Besch.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens allionii Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens amoenus Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens amphibius (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ampliretis (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens andicola (Herzog) Brugg.-Nann.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens angustelimbatus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens angustifolius Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens anomalus Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens arnoldii R. Ruthe	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens asplenioides Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens assimilis (Hampe) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens atratus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens atroviridis Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens autoicus Thér. & Dixon	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens azoricus (P. de la Varde) Bizot	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens beccarii (Hampe) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens beckettii Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens berterii (Mont.) Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens bessouensis Corb.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens biareolatus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens bifrons Schimp. ex Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens bogoriensis M. Fleisch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens bogosicus Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens borgenii Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens bourgaeanus Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens brachypus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens braunii (Müll. Hal.) Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens brevifrons Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens brevipes Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens brunneolus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens bryoides Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens bushii (Cardot & Thér.) Cardot & Thér.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens canariensis (Brid.) Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens capensis (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens caripensis (Hampe & Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens caucasicus (Jur. & Milde) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ceylonensis Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens commutatus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens crassipes Wilson ex Bruch & Schimp.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens crenulatus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens crispulus Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens crispus Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens curtus (R. Ruthe) R. Ruthe	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens curvatus Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens darjeelingensis (Renauld & Cardot) P. Syd.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens desertorum (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens diaphanodontus (P. de la Varde) Bizot	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens dietrichiae Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens diversifolius Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens dubius P. Beauv.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens elachistophyllus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens elegans Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ellipticus Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens enervis Sim	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens erosulus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens excurrentinervis R.S. Williams	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens exilis Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens faniensis (Besch.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens fasciculatus Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens firmus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens flabellulus Thwaites & Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens flaccidus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens fluitans (P. de la Varde) Brugg.-Nann.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens fontanus (Bach. Pyl.) Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens gardneri Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens geminiflorus Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens generalium (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens geppii M. Fleisch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens giraldii Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens girodii (Renauld & Cardot) P. Syd.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens gladiolus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens glaziovii (Hampe) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens goyazensis Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens gracilis (Hampe) A. Jaeger	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens grandifrons Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens granulatus (Geh. & Hampe) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens guianensis Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens gumangensis (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens gymnogynus Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens hallianus (Sull. & Lesq.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens hoeegii P. de la Varde	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens hollianus Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens holstii Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens hookeriaceus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens hornschuchii Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens hyalinus Hook. & Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens inaequalis Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens inclinatulus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens incurvus Starke ex Röhl.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens inflatus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens integerrimus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens intramarginatus (Hampe) A. Jaeger	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens involutus Wilson ex Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens javanicus Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens kosaninii Latzel	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens latiusculus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens lautokensis Dixon	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens laxus Sull. & Lesq.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens leptochaete Dusén	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens leptocladus Müll. Hal. ex Rodway	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens leptophyllus Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens leucocinctus Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens lindbergii Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens littlei (R.S. Williams) Grout	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens longisetus Griff.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens lorentziae (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens macroglossus (Broth.) Brugg.-Nann.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens madecassus Schimp. ex Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens mahorensis (Besch.) Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens mariei (Besch.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens megalotis Schimp. ex Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens metzgeria (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens michoacanus Thér.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens microcarpus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens minutipes (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens minutulus Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens mnevidis J.J. Amann	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens mollis (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens muelleri (Hampe) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens neo-caledonicus Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens nigritellus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens nobilis Griff.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens oblongifolius Hook. f. & Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens obscurirete Broth. & Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens obscurus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens obtusatulus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens obtusatus Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens obtusifolius Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens obtusissimus (Florsch.) Pursell	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ocellatus P. de la Varde	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens oediloma Müll. Hal. ex Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens orrii (Lindb.) Braithw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens osmundoides Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ovatifolius R. Ruthe	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ovatus Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pacificus Ångström	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pallidinervis Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pallidus Hook. f. & Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens palmatus Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens palmifolius (P. Beauv.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens palustris (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens parkii Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pechuelii (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pellucidus Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pendulus (Lindb.) Lindb. & Arnell	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens perdecurrens Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens perfalcatus Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens perfoliatus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens perobtusus Dixon	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens perpygmaeus (Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens philibertii (Besch.) P. de la Varde	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens planifrons Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens plumosus Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens polycarpus (Besch.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens polypodioides Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens prionodes Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens prosenchymaticus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens psatyrocheilon (Schlieph.) Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pseudoserratus (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens puiggarii (Geh. & Hampe) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens punctulatus Sande Lac.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens pygmaeus Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens radicans Mont.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ramicola Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ramulosus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens reflexus Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens regnellii Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens reticulosus (Müll. Hal.) A. Jaeger	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens rigidulus Hook. f. & Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens rivularis (Spruce) Schimp.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens rochensis Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens rubiginosus (Hampe) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens rufescens Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens rufulus Schimp.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens rutenbergii Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens sanguineo-nervis (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens santa-clarensis Thér.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens scalaris Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens scariosus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens schmidii Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens schweinfurthii (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens sciophyllus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens scleromitrius (Besch.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens semi-obscurus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens semicompletus Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens serratus Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens similiretis Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens sinensis (Rabenh.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens smaragdinus (Lorentz & Müll. Hal.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens somaliae Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens splachnifolius Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens subangustus M. Fleisch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens sublimbatus Grout	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens sublineaefolius (P. de la Varde) Brugg.-Nann.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens submarginatus Bruch	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens subprosenchymaticus Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens subradicans Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens subramicola Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens subsphaerocarpa (P. de la Varde) Brugg.-Nann.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens substissotheca Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens subulatifolius (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens subulatus Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens taxifolius Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens taylorii Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens termitarum (Herzog) Pursell	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens teysmannianus Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens thorsbornei (I.G. Stone) Brugg.-Nann.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens thwaitesii Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens tosaensis Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens townsendianus Pursell	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens trachelyma (Sull.) Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens ulna (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens undatus (Müll. Hal.) Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens usambaricus Broth.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens virens Thwaites & Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens vulcanicus Renauld & Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens wallisii Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens weirii Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens wichurae Broth. & M. Fleisch.	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens wilsonii (Müll. Hal.) Mont. ex Paris	Accepted		TRO
Fissidens zollingeri Mont.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,612 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Fissidens. Of these 223 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 270 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Fissidens. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,612 species names for the genus Fissidens recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	223	13.8%
◕	Synonym	630	39.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	759	47.1%

All names

The status of the 1,882 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Fissidens recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	297	15.8%
◕	Synonym	782	41.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	803	42.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 1,612 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Fissidens, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	223	627	0	0	850	52.7%
	Low confidence	0	3	0	759	762	47.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Fissidens, are as follows: