⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35141781, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Polytrichum alpinum var. propinquum .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35141781
) with original publication details: Chlor. Melvill. 36 36 1823.