Mosses and liverworts of India
2,978 mosses and liverworts are on the India list, 11 of them threatened (1 Critically Endangered, 6 Endangered and 4 Vulnerable).
The India list: every species documented from India, across sources. Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for mosses and liverworts yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened mosses and liverworts of India (11)
- Pinnatella limbata CR
- Aitchisoniella himalayensis EN
- Diplocolea sikkimensis EN
- Exormotheca brevipedunculata EN
- Gymnostomum calcareum Blunt-leaf Tufa-moss EN
- Mitrobryum koelzii EN
- Tritomaria ferruginea EN
- Donrichardsia macroneuron donrichard moss VU
- Frullania jackii VU
- Sewardiella tuberifera VU
- Takakia ceratophylla horn-leaved Takakia VU
All mosses and liverworts of India on the list (2,978)
- Abietinella abietina
- Abietinella abietina Fir Tamarisk-moss
- Acanthocladium hartlessii
- Acanthocoleus gilvus
- Acanthocoleus javanicus
- Acanthorrhynchium papillatum
- Acanthorrhynchium papillatum
- Achrophyllum javense
- Acrobolbus ciliatus
- Acrolejeunea emergens
- Acrolejeunea infuscata
- Acrolejeunea pycnoclada
- Acrolejeunea recurvata
- Acrolejeunea sandvicensis
- Acrolejeunea sikkimensis
- Acroleujeunea pycnoclada
- Acroleujeunea recurvata
- Acroleujeunea sikkimensis
- Acromastigum echinatum
- Acroporium baviense
- Acroporium hermaphroditum
- Acroporium hyalinum
- Acroporium strepsiphyllum
- Actinodontium raphidostegum
- Actinothuidium hookeri
- Aerobryidium aureonitens
- Aerobryidium auronitens
- Aerobryidium filamentosum
- Aerobryidium filamentosum
- Aerobryidium levieri
- Aerobryopsis eravikulamensis
- Aerobryopsis longissima
- Aerobryopsis membranacea
- Aerobryum speciosum
- Aitchisoniella himalayensis EN
- Alleniella complanata Flat Neckera
- Aloina ambigua
- Aloina rigida
- Amblyodon dealbatus Short-tooth Hump Moss
- Amblystegium falconeri
- Amblystegium landurensis
- Amblystegium serpens creeping feather-moss
- Amblystegium sparsile
- Amblystegium subdilatatum
- Amphidium lapponicum Lapland Amphidium Moss
- Amphidium mougeotii Mougeot's Yoke Moss
- Anacamptodon validinervis
- Anacolia menziesii Menzies' anacolia moss
- Anastrepta orcadensis Orkney Notchwort
- Anastrophyllum alpinum
- Anastrophyllum assimile Similar Notchwort
- Anastrophyllum donianum
- Anastrophyllum donnianum Donn's Notchwort
- Anastrophyllum joergensenii
- Anastrophyllum michauxii Michaux's Notchwort
- Andreaea commutata
- Andreaea densifolia
- Andreaea indica
- Andreaea rigida
- Andreaea rothii Roth's Andreaea Moss
- Andreaea rupestris Black Rock Moss
- Aneura crateriformis
- Aneura maxima Large Greasewort
- Aneura pinguis greasewort
- Anoectangium aestivum Summer-moss
- Anoectangium aristatum
- Anoectangium clarum
- Anoectangium euchloron
- Anoectangium pallidicaule
- Anoectangium sikkimense
- Anoectangium stracheyanum
- Anoectangium thomsonii
- Anoectangium walkeri
- Anomobryum apiculatum
- Anomobryum brachymenioides
- Anomobryum concinnatum
- Anomobryum julaceum Slender Silver Moss
- Anomobryum nitidum
- Anomobryum parvifolium
- Anomobryum pellucidum
- Anomobryum polymorphum
- Anomobryum schmidii
- Anomobryum subnitidum
- Anomodon minor Dwarf Anomodon Moss
- Anomodon rugelii
- Anomodon rugelii Rugel's anomodon moss
- Anomodon rugelli
- Anomodon thraustus
- Anomodon tristis Haplohymenium Moss
- Anomodon viticulosus Rambling Tail-moss
- Anthelia julacea Alpine Silverwort
- Anthoceros alpinus
- Anthoceros amboinensis
- Anthoceros angustus
- Anthoceros argillaceus
- Anthoceros assamicus
- Anthoceros bharadwajii
- Anthoceros chambensis
- Anthoceros crispatus
- Anthoceros dixitianus
- Anthoceros erectus
- Anthoceros fuciformis
- Anthoceros glandulosus
- Anthoceros gollani
- Anthoceros himalayensis
- Anthoceros kashyapii
- Anthoceros macrospores
- Anthoceros macrosporus
- Anthoceros mangaloreus
- Anthoceros physocladus
- Anthoceros pinnatus
- Anthoceros punctatus Dotted Hornwort
- Anthoceros serratus
- Anthoceros spongiosus
- Anthoceros subtilis
- Aongstroemia schreberiana
- Aongstroemiopsis julacea
- Apopellia endiviifolia Endive Pellia
- Apotreubia nana
- Aptychella delicate
- Aptychella muelleri
- Aptychella planula
- Aptychella tenuiramea
- Arbusculohypopterygium arbuscula
- Archidium birmannicum
- Archidium indicum
- Archidium microthecium
- Archidium ohioense Ohio archidium moss
- Archilejeunea juliformis
- Arctoa pumila
- Asperifolia arguta
- Asterella anguta
- Asterella blumeana
- Asterella khasyana
- Asterella leptophylla
- Asterella multiflora
- Asterella mussuriensis
- Asterella mysoriensis
- Asterella reticulata
- Asterella wallichiana
- Athalamia dioica
- Athalamia pinguis
- Atractylocarpus alpinus
- Atractylocarpus novoguinensis
- Atrichum crispulum Strongly Crispate Smoothcap
- Atrichum flavisetum
- Atrichum longifolium
- Atrichum pallidium
- Atrichum selwynii Selwyn's Smoothcap
- Atrichum subserratum
- Atrichum undulatum Catherine's moss
- Atrichum yakushimense
- Aulacomnium androgynum Bud-headed Groove-moss
- Aulacomnium luzonense
- Aulacomnium palustre ribbed bog moss
- Aulacomnium turgidum Turgid Aulacomnium Moss
- Aulacopilum glaucum
- Aulacopilum glaucum abbreviatum
- Austrothamnium pandum
- Barbella angustifolia
- Barbella chrysonema
- Barbella compressiramea
- Barbella crysonema
- Barbella pseudorutilans
- Barbella rufifolia
- Barbella tenax
- Barbellopsis trichophora
- Barbula acuta
- Barbula arbuscula
- Barbula arcuata
- Barbula asperifolia
- Barbula asperinervia
- Barbula capillifolia
- Barbula cirrhulosa
- Barbula dharvarensis
- Barbula erectomarginata
- Barbula erythrorrhiza
- Barbula fuscoflava
- Barbula gammiei
- Barbula gracilenta
- Barbula indica
- Barbula longidens
- Barbula mangifera
- Barbula marginatula
- Barbula obscura
- Barbula purpurensis
- Barbula recurvis
- Barbula seramensis
- Barbula strictifolia
- Barbula subgrimmiacea
- Barbula tortelloides
- Barbula unguiculata Bird's-Claw Beard-Moss
- Barbula vardei
- Bartramia brevifolia
- Bartramia halleriana Haller's Apple Moss
- Bartramia ithyphylla Stiff Apple-moss
- Bartramia laevisphaera
- Bartramia maderensis
- Bartramia madurensis
- Bartramia pomiformis Common Apple-moss
- Bartramia subulata bartramia moss
- Bazzania angustistipula
- Bazzania appendiculata
- Bazzania bidentula
- Bazzania erosa
- Bazzania griffithiana
- Bazzania harpago
- Bazzania himalayana
- Bazzania imbricate
- Bazzania intermedia
- Bazzania japonica
- Bazzania longicaulis
- Bazzania manillana
- Bazzania orientalis
- Bazzania ovistipula
- Bazzania pearsonii
- Bazzania praerupta
- Bazzania sikkimensis
- Bazzania sumatrana
- Bazzania sumbavensis
- Bazzania tricrenata Lesser Whipwort
- Bazzania tridens
- Bazzania tridens assamica
- Bazzania uncigera
- Bazzania wiltensii
- Bellibarbula kurziana
- Bellibarbula recurva Recurved Bryoerythrophyllum Moss
- Blasia pusilla Common Kettlewort
- Blepharostoma indica
- Blepharostoma indicum
- Blepharostoma trichophyllum Hairy Threadwort
- Blindia acuta Sharp-leaved Blindia
- Blindia caespiticia
- Blindia campylopodioides
- Bonnosukea serrulata
- Brachymenium alpinum
- Brachymenium argentium
- Brachymenium bryoides
- Brachymenium capitulatum
- Brachymenium decurrentifolia
- Brachymenium himalayanum
- Brachymenium lanceolatum
- Brachymenium leptophyllum
- Brachymenium longicolle
- Brachymenium longidens
- Brachymenium nepalense
- Brachymenium pendulum
- Brachymenium plumosum
- Brachymenium ptychothecium
- Brachymenium salakense
- Brachymenium turgidum
- Brachymenium walkeri
- Brachytheciastrum collinum
- Brachytheciastrum falcatulum
- Brachytheciastrum kashmirense
- Brachytheciastrum salicinum
- Brachytheciastrum velutinum velvet feather-moss
- Brachythecium acuminatum acuminate brachythecium moss
- Brachythecium albicans Whitish Feather-moss
- Brachythecium bellii
- Brachythecium brachycarpum
- Brachythecium brachycladum
- Brachythecium buchananii
- Brachythecium buchananii
- Brachythecium campestre brachythecium moss
- Brachythecium cirrosum
- Brachythecium curvatulum
- Brachythecium decurvans
- Brachythecium emodiglaucum
- Brachythecium glabratum
- Brachythecium indicopopuleum
- Brachythecium kamounense
- Brachythecium laevivelutinum
- Brachythecium laxifolium
- Brachythecium longicuspidatum
- Brachythecium microsericeum
- Brachythecium nitidissimum
- Brachythecium nitidissinum
- Brachythecium novae-angliae
- Brachythecium obsoletinerve
- Brachythecium occidentale
- Brachythecium plumlosum
- Brachythecium preussii
- Brachythecium procumbens
- Brachythecium rivulare Waterside Feather Moss
- Brachythecium rutabulum Rough-stalked Feather-moss
- Brachythecium rutabulum
- Brachythecium salebrosum Smooth-stalk Feather-moss
- Brachythecium spuriopopuleum
- Brachythecium stricticalyx
- Brachythecium subfalcatum
- Brachythecium tommasinii
- Braunfelsia edentula
- Braunia apiculata
- Braunia attenuata
- Braunia macropelma
- Braunia secunda braunia moss
- Breutelia arundinifolia
- Breutelia chrysocoma Golden-head Moss
- Breutelia dicranacea
- Breutelia dicranacea
- Breutelia microdonta
- Breutelia yunnanensis
- Brideliella wahlenbergii
- Brittonodoxa subpinnata
- Brothera leana brothera moss
- Brotherella amblystegia
- Brotherella curvirostris
- Brotherella dixonnii
- Brotherella erythrocaulis
- Brotherella falcata
- Brotherella falcate
- Brotherella filiformis
- Brotherella henonii
- Brotherella henonii
- Brotherella nictans
- Brotherella propinqua
- Brotherella recurvans Recurved Brotherella Moss
- Brotherella yokahamae
- Bryhnia nova
- Bryoandersonia illecebra spoon-leaved moss
- Bryochenea vestitissima
- Bryocrumia malabarica
- Bryocrumia vivicolor bryocrumia moss
- Bryoerythrophyllum alpigenum
- Bryoerythrophyllum brachystegium
- Bryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens Rufous Beard-moss
- Bryoerythrophyllum gymnostomum
- Bryoerythrophyllum inaequalifolium unequal leaf bryoerythrophyllum moss
- Bryoerythrophyllum inaequalifolium
- Bryoerythrophyllum inaequalifolum
- Bryoerythrophyllum latinervium
- Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum Red Beard-moss
- Bryoerythrophyllum rubrum
- Bryoerythrophyllum wallichii
- Bryoerythrophyllum yunnanense
- Bryonorrisia acutifolia
- Bryopteris filicina
- Bryosedgwickia polyantha
- Bryowijkia ambigua
- Bryum albulum
- Bryum alpinum Alpine Thread-moss
- Bryum apalodictyoides
- Bryum argenteum
- Bryum argenteum Silvery Bryum
- Bryum argenteum griffithii
- Bryum atrovirens
- Bryum auratum
- Bryum badhwari
- Bryum bicolcor
- Bryum billardieri
- Bryum capillare bryum moss
- Bryum constricta
- Bryum euryphyllum
- Bryum evanidinerve
- Bryum formosum
- Bryum haematoneuron
- Bryum haematoneurum
- Bryum kashmirense
- Bryum klinggraeffeii
- Bryum lamprostegum
- Bryum lanatum Silvergreen Bryum Moss
- Bryum lepidum
- Bryum leptoglyphodon
- Bryum microcochleare
- Bryum neelgheiriense
- Bryum neelgheriense
- Bryum paradoxum
- Bryum recurvulum
- Bryum retusifolium
- Bryum stellituber
- Bryum torquatum
- Buckia vaucheri
- Bucklandiella affinis
- Bucklandiella albipilifera
- Bucklandiella crispula
- Bucklandiella fuscescens
- Bucklandiella heterosticha Yellow-green Rock Moss
- Bucklandiella himalayana
- Bucklandiella joseph-hookeri
- Bucklandiella subsecunda
- Bucklandiella sudetica Slender Fringe-moss
- Bucklandiella verrucosa
- Buxbaumia himalayensis
- Caduciella mariei
- Calcidicranella varia
- Callicladium haldaneanum
- Callicostella papillata
- Calliergonella cuspidate
- Calliergonella lindbergii Lindberg's Hypnum Moss
- Calohypnum macrogynum
- Calohypnum sikkimense
- Calycularia crispula
- Calymperes afzelii Afzel's calymperes moss
- Calymperes boulayi
- Calymperes crassinerve
- Calymperes delesserti
- Calymperes erosum calymperes moss
- Calymperes graeffeanum
- Calymperes lonchophyllum
- Calymperes mangalorense
- Calymperes moluccense
- Calymperes motleyi
- Calymperes palisotii Palisot's calymperes moss
- Calymperes porrectum
- Calymperes punctuatum
- Calymperes taitense
- Calymperes tenerum calymperes moss
- Calymperiopsis semilibera
- Calypogea khasiana
- Calypogeia aeruginosa
- Calypogeia apiculata
- Calypogeia arguta Notched pouchwort
- Calypogeia azurea Blue Pouchwort
- Calypogeia fissa Common Pouchwort
- Calypogeia goebelii
- Calypogeia lunata
- Calypogeia marginella
- Calypogeia miquelii
- Calypogeia udarii
- Calyptothecium auriculatum
- Calyptothecium duplicatum
- Calyptothecium hookeri
- Calyptothecium nitidum
- Calyptothecium oxyphyllum
- Calyptothecium pinnatum
- Calyptothecium prainii
- Calyptothecium recurvulum
- Calyptothecium symphysodontoides
- Calyptothecium urvilleanum
- Calyptothecium wightii
- Calyptrochaeta cristata
- Calyptrochaeta remotifolia
- Camptochaete deflexa
- Campyliadelphus brevisetum
- Campyliadelphus chrysophyllum
- Campyliadelphus gollani
- Campyliadelphus protensum
- Campylium chrysophyllum Goldenleaf Campylium Moss
- Campylium gollanii
- Campylium protensum Dull Starry Feather-moss
- Campylium stellatum Yellow Starry Fen Moss
- Campylophyllopsis crepera
- Campylophyllopsis hispidula
- Campylophyllopsis lacerula
- Campylophyllopsis sommerfeltii
- Campylophyllum halleri Haller's Feather-moss
- Campylopodiella flagellacea
- Campylopodiella himalayana
- Campylopodium phascoides
- Campylopus albescens
- Campylopus alpigena
- Campylopus andreanus
- Campylopus austrosubulatus
- Campylopus clavatus
- Campylopus comosus
- Campylopus cosmosus
- Campylopus cygneus
- Campylopus durelii
- Campylopus eberhartdii
- Campylopus ericoides
- Campylopus flagellifer
- Campylopus flexuosus Rusty Swan-neck Moss
- Campylopus fragilis Fragile Swan-neck Moss
- Campylopus fragilis goughii
- Campylopus fragilis zollingerianus
- Campylopus gracilis Schwarz's Swan-neck Moss
- Campylopus incrassatus
- Campylopus introflexus Heath Star-moss
- Campylopus latinervis
- Campylopus laxitextus
- Campylopus milleri
- Campylopus nivalis
- Campylopus pilifer Stiff Swan-neck Moss
- Campylopus pyriformis campylopus moss
- Campylopus recurvus
- Campylopus richardii
- Campylopus savannarum
- Campylopus savannarum
- Campylopus schimperi Schimper's Swan-neck Moss
- Campylopus schmidii
- Campylopus schmidii campylopus moss
- Campylopus sinensis
- Campylopus subfragilis
- Campylopus subluteus
- Campylopus subulatus
- Campylopus torquatus
- Campylopus umbellatus
- Catagonium nitens
- Caudalejeunea cristiloba
- Caudalejeunea reniloba
- Caudejeunia lehmanniana
- Cephalozia albula
- Cephalozia conchata
- Cephalozia gollani
- Cephalozia hamatiloba
- Cephalozia kodaikanalensis
- Cephaloziella divaricata Spreading Threadwort
- Cephaloziella microphylla
- Cephaloziella rubella Red Threadwort
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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