As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
species
Polytrichum commune
This species name was first published in Sp. Musc. Frond.: 88. 1801.
At the time of this classification snapshot, this species 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-0001160523.
Synonyms of Polytrichum commune
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pogonatum madagassum | Ber. Thätigk. St. Gallischen Naturwiss. Ges. 1873–74: 265. 1875. | — | wfo-0001157679 | |
| Polytrichum assimile | Flora 64: 378. 1881. | — | wfo-0001160470 | |
| Polytrichum autranii | Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 33. 1894. | — | wfo-0001160482 | |
| Polytrichum brachypelma | Hedwigia 36: 346. 1897. | — | wfo-0001160493 | |
| Polytrichum buchananii | Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 24. 1897. | — | wfo-0001160501 | |
| Polytrichum cataractarum | Hedwigia 36: 347. 1897. | — | wfo-0001160512 | |
| Polytrichum commune subsp. cubicum | Observ. Form. Praes. Eur. Polytrich.: 106. 1868. | — | wfo-0001160524 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. chalubinskii | Kosmos (Lvov) 37: 667. 1912. | — | wfo-0001160526 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. cubicum | Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Trondheim) 1913(1): 60, 61. 1914. | — | wfo-0001160527 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. deflexifolium | Consp. Musc. Eur.: 68. 1954. | — | wfo-0001160528 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. nigrescens | Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 41: 65. 1899. | — | wfo-0001160531 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. uliginosum | Fl. Crypt. Germ. 1: 202. 1831. | — | wfo-0001160533 | |
| Polytrichum deflexifolium | Hedwigia 54: 161. 1913. | — | wfo-0001170048 | |
| Polytrichum elatum | Prodr. Aethéogam.: 85. 1805. | — | wfo-0001170055 | |
| Polytrichum glabrum | J. Bot. (Schrader) 1801(1): 196. 1803. | — | wfo-0001170085 | |
| Polytrichum leonii | Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 14(3–4): 377. 1927. | — | wfo-0001170142 | |
| Polytrichum madagassum | Linnaea 38: 216. 1874. | — | wfo-0001170158 | |
| Polytrichum mildbraedii | Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 11: 514. 1925. | — | wfo-0001170172 | |
| Polytrichum paludicola | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève 1: 131. 1909. | — | wfo-0001170209 | |
| Polytrichum perigoniale var. nigrescens | Hedwigia 54: 162. 1913. | — | wfo-0001170220 | |
| Polytrichum propinquum | Chlor. Melvill.: 36. 1823. | — | wfo-0001170250 | |
| Polytrichum purpurascens | Muscol. Recent. Suppl. 1: 56. 1806. | — | wfo-0001170257 | |
| Polytrichum quadrangulare | Nomencl. Bot. 2: 353. 1824. | — | wfo-0001170258 | |
| Polytrichum radulifolium | Hedwigia 38: 62. 1899. | — | wfo-0001170259 | |
| Polytrichum remotifolium | Prodr. Aethéogam.: 86. 1805. | — | wfo-0001170263 | |
| Polytrichum subcarinatum | Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn ser. 3, 6: 150. 1875. | — | wfo-0001170309 | |
| Polytrichum subformosum var. anomalum | Recueil Publ. Soc. Havraise Études Diverses 87: 104. 1920. | — | wfo-0001170313 | |
| Polytrichum subremotifolium | Flora 64(24): 377. 1881. | — | wfo-0001170318 | |
| Polytrichum yuccifolium | Crypt. Gew. Fichtelgeb. 2: no. 28. 1801. | — | wfo-0001170373 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. commune | – | – | — | wfo-0001195223 |
| Polytrichum commune f. chalubinskii | Consp. Musc. Eur.: 68. 1954. | — | wfo-0001214120 | |
| Polytrichum commune f. nigrescens | J. Bot. 72: 109. 1934. | — | wfo-0001214121 | |
| Polytrichum juccifolium | Index Mus. Pl. Crypt.: 2 [verso]. 1803. | — | wfo-1000017544 | |
| Polytrichum uliginosum | Carinthia II 101: 485. 1991. | — | wfo-1000017553 | |
| Polytrichum subgracile | Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn ser. 3, 4: 53. 1872. | — | wfo-1000044770 | |
| Polytrichum cubicum | – | — | wfo-1000076842 | |
| Polytrichum flexicaule | Hedwigia 38: 62. 1899. | — | wfo-1200024627 | |
| Polytrichum nigrescens | Bryoth. Balt.: 115. 1910. | — | wfo-1200024634 | |
| Polytrichum paludicola | Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot.: 157. 1910. | — | wfo-1200024635 | |
| Polytrichum alpinum var. propinquum | Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Trondheim) 1913(1): 45. 1914. | — | wfo-1200048278 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. alatauense | Index Bryol. (ed. 2) 4: 65. 1905. | — | wfo-1200048299 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. brevifolium | Flora 62: 477. 1879. | — | wfo-1200048302 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. brevirostre | Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 14(3–4): 376. 1927. | — | wfo-1200048303 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. canadense | Cat. Canad. Pl., Musci: 156. 1892. | — | wfo-1200048305 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. ehrenbergii | Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1867: 49. 1868. | — | wfo-1200048306 | |
| Polytrichum commune f. falcifolium | Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 41: 65. 1899. | — | wfo-1200048307 | |
| Polytrichum commune f. fastigiatum | Ark. Bot. 17: 69. 1921. | — | wfo-1200048308 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. minus | Bryol. Univ. 2: 150. 1827. | — | wfo-1200048310 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. montanum | Fl. Crypt. Germ. 1: 202. 1831. | — | wfo-1200048311 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. pygmaeum | Observ. Form. Praes. Eur. Polytrich.: 118. 1868. | — | wfo-1200048312 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. roemeri | Krypt.-Fl. Brandenburg, Laubm. 2: 1105. 1906. | — | wfo-1200048313 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. turfosum | Rozpr. České Akad. Císaře Františka Josefa Vědy, Tř. 2, Vědy Math. Přír. 6(6): 270. 1897. | — | wfo-1200048315 | |
| Polytrichum commune subsp. yuccifolium | Ist. Bot. Reale Univ. Reale Lab. Crittog. Pavia, Atti 4: 289. 1947. | — | wfo-1200048316 | |
| Polytrichum flexicaule var. atrichoides | Hedwigia 38: 62. 1899. | — | wfo-1200048317 | |
| Polytrichum flexicaule var. flaccidogracile | Hedwigia 38: 62. 1899. | — | wfo-1200048318 | |
| Polytrichum subformosum var. yunnanense | Bull. Soc. Sci. Nancy, ser. 4, 2(6): 709. 1926. | — | wfo-1200048407 | |
| Polytrichum swartzii var. nigrescens | Kongel. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (Trondheim) 1913(1): 53. 1914. | — | wfo-1200048409 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. brevifolium | Meddel. Grønland 3: 354. 1887. | — | wfo-1200059849 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. fastigiatum | Bryol. Brit.: 212. 1855. | — | wfo-1200059850 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. minus | Syllab. Musc.: 163. 1838. | — | wfo-1200059851 | |
| Polytrichum commune f. nigrescens | – | — | wfo-1200059852 | |
| Polytrichum commune f. uliginosum | Süsswasserflora 14: 101. 1914. | — | wfo-1200059853 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. yuccifolium | Muscol. Brit.: 26. 1818. | — | wfo-1200059854 | |
| Polytrichum commune var. scopularium | Mousses Normandie 3: no. 61. 1829. | — | wfo-1200096247 | |
| Polytrichum commune f. washingtonianum | Bryologist 6(3): 41. 1903. | — | wfo-1200096248 |