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December 2021

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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.

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum aloides subsp. nanum (Schreb. ex Hedw.) Albr.Rohn. J. Bot. 72: 78, 104 1934 wfo-0001160430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum alpestre var. affine (Funck) Funck Deutschl. Moose 68 1820 wfo-0001160436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum alpinum f. flavisetum (Györffy) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 65 1954 wfo-0001214119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum alpinum var. ambiguum (Michx.) Bom. & Broth. Herb. Mus. Fenn. (ed. 2), Musci 28 1894 wfo-0001160439
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum alpinum var. arcticum (Sw. ex Brid.) Wahlenb. Fl. Suec. 2: 738 1826 wfo-0001160440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum alpinum var. polare (Müll.Hal.) I.Hagen Tromsø Mus. Aarsh. 21–22: 263 1904 wfo-0001160447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum attenuatum var. superbum (Schultz) Lindb. Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 126 1868 wfo-0001160475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum formosum var. brachycaule (H.Möller) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 wfo-0001170072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum formosum var. caucasicum (Warnst.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 wfo-0001170073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum gracile f. atromitrium (Meyl.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 wfo-0001214122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum gracile f. squarrosulum (Roll) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 wfo-0001214123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum norwegicum f. serrulatum (Hand.-Mazz.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 72 1954 wfo-0001214124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum norwegicum var. tenellum (Hesselbo) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 72 1954 wfo-0001170190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum ohioense subsp. decipiens (Limpr.) Pilous Preslia 41: 136 1969 wfo-0001186783
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum ohioense var. strictifolium (Warnst.) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 65 1954 wfo-0001170204
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum pilosum f. longisetum (E.Bauer) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 71 1954 wfo-0001214127
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum pilosum var. alpestre (Wulfsb.) Kindb. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 7(9): 52 1883 wfo-0001170232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum pilosum var. elegans (Baur) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 71 1954 wfo-0001170233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum pilosum var. hoppei (Hornsch.) Lindb. Musci Scand. 12 1879 wfo-0001170234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum pilosum var. schiffneri (Baur) Podp. Consp. Musc. Eur. 71 1954 wfo-0001170235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum subformosum var. parvisetum (Müll.Hal.) Cardot Hist. Phys. Madagascar, Mousses 321 1915 wfo-0001170314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Polytrichum urnigerum var. tetragonum Lindb. Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 136 1868 wfo-0001170358