⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35141464, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Polytrichastrum formosum .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35141464
) with original publication details: Sp. Musc. Frond. 92. pl. 19: f. 1a 92 1801.