⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35141624, with some changes.

Polytrichum loricalyx var. brachypodum Müll. Hal. is a synonym of Pogonatum dentatum (Menzies ex Brid.) Brid.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35141624) with original publication details: Bot. Centralbl. 16: 93 93 1883.