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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Mnium Hedw.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Musc. Frond.: 188. 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-4000024503.

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Synonyms of Mnium

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Bryum subg. Polla	Brid.	Bryologia Universa 1: 688. 1826.	—	wfo-1000050370
Mnium unranked Stellariformia	Kindb.	European and N. American Bryineae (Mosses) : 338. 1898.	—	wfo-1000051936
Astrophyllum	Neck. ex Lindb.	Utkast Eur. Bladmoss.: 37. 1878.	—	wfo-4000003493
Polla	(Brid.) Brid.	Bryol. Univ. 1: xxxiv, 853; 2: 778, 817. 1827.	—	wfo-4000030654
Stellariomnium	M.C.Bowers	Lindbergia 6: 17. 1980.	—	wfo-4000036403

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Mnium ilicifolium	Opiz	Böh. Phan. Crypt. Gew. 130 1823	—	wfo-0001187556
Mnium rostratum var. javanicum	Nees	Bryol. Brit. 255 1855	—	wfo-0001187680
Mnium subglobosum var. pusillum	(Müll.Hal.) C.E.O.Jensen	Meddel. Grønland 3: 359 1887	—	wfo-0001187730
Mnium vesicatum var. osadae	(Sakurai) Sakurai	Muscol. Jap. 82 1954	—	wfo-0001187769
Mnium vesicatum var. tanegashimense	(Sakurai) Sakurai	Muscol. Jap. 82 1954	—	wfo-0001187770