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This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35141480, and has not been changed.

Polytrichum fragile Bryhn is a synonym of Polytrichastrum alpinum var. fragile (Bryhn) D.G. Long

This name is a synonym of Polytrichastrum alpinum var. fragile (Bryhn) D.G. Long.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35141480) with original publication details: Rep. Second Norweg. Arctic Exped. Fram 1898--1902 2(11): 122. pl. 1: f. 3 122 1906.