⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35125234, with some changes.

Polytrichum alpinum var. macounii (Kindb.) M. Saito is a synonym of Pogonatum alpinum subsp. macounii (Kindb.) Perss.

This name is a synonym of Pogonatum alpinum subsp. macounii (Kindb.) Perss..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35125234) with original publication details: J. Jap. Bot. 31: 75. 5 75 1956.