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March 2019

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genus

Polytrichum Hedw.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Musc. Frond.: 88. 1801.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000030856.

Species in Polytrichum ( showing species 1 to 10 of 123)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Polytrichum abbreviatum (Mitt.) Kindb. Enum. Bryin. Exot.: 72. 1888. wfo-0001160420
Polytrichum aequinoctiale (Lorentz) Müll.Hal. Gen. Musc. Frond.: 182. 1900. wfo-0001160421
Polytrichum akitense (Besch.) Müll.Hal. Gen. Musc. Frond.: 177. 1900. wfo-0001160425
Polytrichum ambiguum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 293. 1803. wfo-0001160452
Polytrichum angustifolium Mitt. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 12: 622. 1869. wfo-0001160458
Polytrichum arcticum Sw. ex Brid. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(1): 287. 1801. wfo-0001160464
Polytrichum arcuatum (Mitt.) Kindb. Enum. Bryin. Exot.: 72. 1888. wfo-0001160465
Polytrichum asperrimum (Besch.) Broth. Hedwigia 38: 224. 1899. wfo-0001160469
Polytrichum atrovirens (Mitt.) Kindb. Enum. Bryin. Exot.: 72. 1888. wfo-0001160476
Polytrichum aurantiacum Hoppe ex Brid. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(1): 286. 1801. wfo-0001160477

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Polytrichum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Polytrichum aloides subsp. nanum (Schreb. ex Hedw.) Albr. Rohn. J. Bot. 72: 78, 104 78, 104 1934 wfo-0001160430
Polytrichum alpestre var. affine (Funck) Funck Deutschl. Moose 68 68 1820 wfo-0001160436
Polytrichum alpinum f. flavisetum (Györffy) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 65 65 1954 wfo-0001214119
Polytrichum alpinum var. ambiguum (Michx.) Bom. & Broth. Herb. Mus. Fenn. (ed. 2), Musci 28 28 1894 wfo-0001160439
Polytrichum alpinum var. arcticum (Sw. ex Brid.) Wahlenb. Fl. Suec. 2: 738 738 1826 wfo-0001160440
Polytrichum alpinum var. polare (Müll. Hal.) I. Hagen Tromsø Mus. Aarsh. 21–22: 263 263 1904 wfo-0001160447
Polytrichum aquense Saporta Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7, 7: 12. 1 f. 13–14 12 1888 wfo-0001160463
Polytrichum attenuatum var. superbum (Schultz) Lindb. Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 126 126 1868 wfo-0001160475
Polytrichum boreale Kindb. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 7(9): 52 52 1883 wfo-0001160489
Polytrichum buchananii Broth. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24. 253 24 1897 wfo-0001160501