This name is a synonym of Trichostomum ruvenzorense .
The record derives from Tropicos
(data supplied on )
which reports it as a synonym (record 35106318
) with original publication details: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 238 1897.
This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record tro-35106318, and has not been changed.