⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35125288, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Polytrichum formosum var. brachycaule .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35125288
) with original publication details: Ark. Bot. 17(4): 41. 9 41 1922.