⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35141963, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Polytrichastrum alpinum var. septentrionale .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35141963
) with original publication details: Biblioth. Bot. 42(A): 66 66 1897.