⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35121108, with some changes.

Dicranella nicholsii R.S. Williams is a synonym of Anisothecium nicholsii (R.S. Williams) Broth.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35121108) with original publication details: N. Amer. Fl. 15: 84 84 1913.