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December 2024

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Polytrichum hyperboreum R.Br.

This species name was first published in Chlor. Melvill.: 36. 1823.

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-0001170110.

Synonyms of Polytrichum hyperboreum R.Br.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Polytrichum boreale Kindb. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 7(9): 52. 1883. wfo-0001160489
Polytrichum piliferum var. alpestre Wulfsb. Forh. Vidensk.-Selsk. Kristiania 1875: 365. 1876. wfo-0001170226
Polytrichum piliferum var. hyperboreum (R.Br.) Müll.Hal. Syn. Musc. Frond. 1: 218. 1848. wfo-0001170229
Polytrichum pilosum var. alpestre (Wulfsb.) Kindb. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 7(9): 52. 1883. wfo-0001170232
Polytrichum piliferum subsp. hyperboreum (R.Br.) Albr.Rohn. J. Bot. 72: 79, 107. 1934. wfo-1200024636
Polytrichum piliferum var. psilocorys J.Heimans New Phytol. 23: 150. 1924. wfo-1200048384