Pohlia is a genus of mosses in the family Mniaceae, found on all continents including Antarctica. Some of its species are native to multiple continents. The center of diversity is the Northern Hemisphere. The genus name of Pohlia is in honour of Johann Ehrenfried Pohl (1746–1800), who was a German physician and botanist. The genus was circumscribed by Johann Hedwig in Descriptio et Adumbratio microscopio-analytica Muscorum Frondosorum vol.1 on page 98 in 1785-1787. Species Currently accepted species include: Pohlia afrocruda Brotherus Pohlia alba Lindberg & H.Arnell Pohlia aloysii-sabaudiae Negri Pohlia alteoperculata (Dixon) Pohlia ampullacea Hampex Gangulee Pohlia andalusica Brotherus Pohlia andrewsii A.J.Shaw Pohlia annotina Lindberg Pohlia apolensis R.S.Williams Pohlia aristatula H.A.Miller, H.O.Whittier & B.Whittier Pohlia atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) H.Lindb. Pohlia atrothecia Brotherus Pohlia atrovirens Pohlia australis A.J.Shaw & Fife Pohlia austroelongata Brotherus Pohlia austropolymorpha Brotherus Pohlia baldwinii Schultze-Motel Pohlia barbuloides Ochi Pohlia baronii Wijk & Margadant Pohlia beccarii (Müll.Hal.) Watts & Whitel. Pohlia bequaertii A.J.Shaw Pohlia beringiensis A.J.Shaw Pohlia betulina Warnstorf Pohlia bolanderi Brotherus Pohlia brachystoma Fleischer Pohlia brevinervis Lindberg & H.Arnell Pohlia brevireticulata Warnstorf Pohlia brideliana Wijk & Margadant Pohlia bulbifera Warnstorf Pohlia caespitosa (Hoppe & Hornsch.) Lazarenko Pohlia calopyxis Brotherus Pohlia camptotrachela Brotherus Pohlia cardotii Brotherus Pohlia cavaleriei Redfearn & B.C.Tan Pohlia chilensis A.J.Shaw Pohlia chitralensis Størmer Pohlia chlorocarpa (Cardot & Thér.) Broth. Pohlia chrysoblasta Demaret Pohlia cirrhifera De Not. Pohlia clavaeformis Brotherus Pohlia clavicaulis F.J.Hermann Pohlia columbica Andrews Pohlia crassicostata Brotherus Pohlia cratericola Broth. Pohlia cruda Lindberg Pohlia crudoides Brotherus Pohlia cruegeri (Hampe) A.L.Andrews Pohlia cucullata Bruch Pohlia cuspidata E.B.Bartram Pohlia debatii Brotherus Pohlia densiretis Pohlia drummondii Andrews Pohlia elatior Sainsbury Pohlia elongata Hedwig Pohlia emergens A.J.Shaw Pohlia erecta Lindberg Pohlia excelsa Kindberg Pohlia excurrens E.B.Bartram Pohlia fauriei (Cardot) Iisiba Pohlia fauriei Iishiba Pohlia filiformis (Dicks.) A.L.Andrews Pohlia filum Mårtensson Pohlia flexuosa Harv. Pohlia flexuosa W.J.Hooker Pohlia fluviatilis Pohlia formosica Dixon Pohlia geniculata Wijk & Margadant Pohlia grammocarpa Brotherus Pohlia grammophylla Brotherus Pohlia grandiretis Warnst. Pohlia gromieri Kis Pohlia hamiltonii Dixon Pohlia hampeana Broth. Pohlia hisae T.Koponen & Luo Jian-xin Pohlia humilis Brotherus Pohlia hyaloperistoma Da-cheng Zhang, X.J.Li & Higuchi Pohlia imbricata Schwägr. Pohlia inflexa Wijk & Margadant Pohlia kenyae Kis Pohlia korbiana Wijk & Margadant Pohlia lacouturei O'Shea Pohlia lacustris (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Schwägr. Pohlia laticuspes (Broth.) P.C.Chen ex Redf. & B.C.Tan Pohlia laticuspis Chen Pan-chieh ex Redfearn & B.C.Tan Pohlia leptoclada Pohlia leptodontium Brotherus Pohlia leptopoda Brotherus Pohlia lescuriana Ochi Pohlia leucostoma Fleischer Pohlia lonchochaete Brotherus