⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35147937, with some changes.

Gymnostomum rufescens Schultz is a synonym of Pottia davalliana var. rufescens (Schultz) I. Hagen

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35147937) with original publication details: Prodr. Fl. Starg. 278 278 1806.