As classified in WFO snapshot
December 2022
Warning: older classification
genus
Polytrichum
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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Unplaced Names
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 | J. Bot. 72: 78, 104 1934 | — | wfo-0001160430 | |
| Polytrichum aloides var. nanum | Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 722 1821 | — | wfo-0001160434 | |
| Polytrichum alpestre var. affine | Deutschl. Moose 68 1820 | — | wfo-0001160436 | |
| Polytrichum alpinum f. flavisetum | Consp. Musc. Eur. 65 1954 | — | wfo-0001214119 | |
| Polytrichum alpinum var. ambiguum | Herb. Mus. Fenn. (ed. 2), Musci 28 1894 | — | wfo-0001160439 | |
| Polytrichum alpinum var. arcticum | Fl. Suec. 2: 738 1826 | — | wfo-0001160440 | |
| Polytrichum alpinum var. flavisetum | Magyar Bot. Lapok 5: 24, 29 1906 | — | wfo-0001160442 | |
| Polytrichum alpinum var. macounii | J. Jap. Bot. 31: 75. 5 1956 | — | wfo-0001160445 | |
| Polytrichum alpinum var. polare | Tromsø Mus. Aarsh. 21–22: 263 1904 | — | wfo-0001160447 | |
| Polytrichum angustifolium | Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 5: 178 1897 | — | wfo-1200024619 | |
| Polytrichum antillarum | Bryologia Universa. 2: 138. 1827 | — | wfo-1000017537 | |
| Polytrichum appressum | Species Muscorum Frondosorum, Supplementum Primum 2: 311 1816 | — | wfo-1200024620 | |
| Polytrichum aquense | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7, 7: 12. 1 f. 13–14 1888 | — | wfo-0001160463 | |
| Polytrichum attenuatum subsp. pallidisetum | European and N. American Bryineae (Mosses) 2: 163 1897 | — | wfo-1200024621 | |
| Polytrichum attenuatum var. brachycaule | Ark. Bot. 17(4): 41. 9 1922 | — | wfo-0001160472 | |
| Polytrichum attenuatum var. caucasicum | Hedwigia 54: 167 1913 | — | wfo-0001160473 | |
| Polytrichum attenuatum var. superbum | Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 126 1868 | — | wfo-0001160475 | |
| Polytrichum bissetii | Genera Muscorum Frondosorum: 173. 1900 | — | wfo-1000017538 | |
| Polytrichum boreale | Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 7(9): 52 1883 | — | wfo-0001160489 | |
| Polytrichum brachycaule | Skand. Bladmossfl. 33 1939 | — | wfo-0001160491 | |
| Polytrichum brevicaule | Journal für die Botanik. 1800(1): 284. 1801 | — | wfo-1000017539 | |
| Polytrichum buchananii | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24. 253 1897 | — | wfo-0001160501 | |
| Polytrichum capillare var. dentatum | Contributio ad Floram Cryptogamam Asiae Boreali-Orientalis: 239. 1872 | — | wfo-1200005267 | |
| Polytrichum commune subsp. jensenii | Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 72: 78, 106 1924 | — | wfo-1200024622 | |
| Polytrichum commune subsp. perigoniale | Eur. N. Amer. Bryin. 2: 163 1897 | — | wfo-0001160525 | |
| Polytrichum commune subsp. swartzii | Handbok i Skandinaviens Flora, Nionde Upplagan 2: 43 1864 | — | wfo-1200024623 | |
| Polytrichum convolutum var. cirratum | Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum. 1: 213. 1848 | — | wfo-1200005268 | |
| Polytrichum coronatum | Bryol. Univ. 2: 748 1827 | — | wfo-0001160544 | |
| Polytrichum crassisetum | Fl. Franç. (ed. 3) 2: 486 1805 | — | wfo-0001169772 | |
| Polytrichum cylindricum | Adnotationes Botanicae: 171 1829 | — | wfo-1200024624 | |
| Polytrichum dasyphyllum | Genera Muscorum Frondosorum: 181. 1900 | — | wfo-1000017540 | |
| Polytrichum decipiens var. strictifolium | Hedwigia 61: 410 1920 | — | wfo-0001170047 | |
| Polytrichum defluens | Muscologiae Recentiorum Supplementum. 4: 200. 1818 | — | wfo-1000017541 | |
| Polytrichum densifolium | Linnaea 30: 635 1860 | — | wfo-1200024625 | |
| Polytrichum dentatum | Linnaea 42: 266 1879 | — | wfo-1200024626 | |
| Polytrichum dozyanum | Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 15: 531 1857 | — | wfo-0001170054 | |
| Polytrichum flexicaule | Hedwigia 38: 62 1899 | — | wfo-1200024627 | |
| Polytrichum formosum subsp. decipiens | Bryol. Z. 1: 70 1916 | — | wfo-0001170069 | |
| Polytrichum formosum var. brachycaule | Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 | — | wfo-0001170072 | |
| Polytrichum formosum var. caucasicum | Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 | — | wfo-0001170073 | |
| Polytrichum formosum var. formosum | – | – | — | wfo-1200005269 |
| Polytrichum formosum var. pallidisetum | Nomenclator Botanicus. 2: 352. 1824 | — | wfo-1200005270 | |
| Polytrichum formosum var. superbum | Syn. Laubm. Mecklenb. 97 1844 | — | wfo-0001170074 | |
| Polytrichum furcatum | Horae Phys. Berol. 67. 13 1820 | — | wfo-0001170078 | |
| Polytrichum gracile f. atromitrium | Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 | — | wfo-0001214122 | |
| Polytrichum gracile f. squarrosulum | Consp. Musc. Eur. 66 1954 | — | wfo-0001214123 | |
| Polytrichum gracile var. atromitrium | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 243 1907 | — | wfo-0001170092 | |
| Polytrichum gracile var. longisetum | Musci Frond. Exsicc.. 5: no. 474. 1863 | — | wfo-1200005271 | |
| Polytrichum gracile var. squarrosulum | Hedwigia 51: 79 1912 | — | wfo-0001170093 | |
| Polytrichum hoppii | Flora 2: 106 1819 | — | wfo-0001170108 | |
| Polytrichum huillense | Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. 21: 444. 1872 | — | wfo-1000017542 | |
| Polytrichum implicatum | Historia Muscorum Frondosorum: 59. 1812 | — | wfo-1000017543 | |
| Polytrichum intermedium | Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt. Zweite Abteilung, Systematik, Pflanzengeographie, angewandte Botanik 26(2): 75 1909 | — | wfo-1200024628 | |
| Polytrichum involutum | Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 9–10: 263 1878 | — | wfo-0001170116 | |
| Polytrichum juccifolium | Index Musei Plantarum Cryptogamarum: 2 [verso]. 1803 | — | wfo-1000017544 | |
| Polytrichum juniperifolium var. affine | Ueber. Mecklenb. Moose 15 1809 | — | wfo-0001170125 | |
| Polytrichum juniperinum subsp. strictum | Herbarium Musei Fennici: 65. 1859 | — | wfo-1200005272 | |
| Polytrichum juniperinum var. strictum | Deutschlands Flora . . . Zweite durchaus umgearbeitete Ausgabe, Kryptogamische Gewächse 3: 58 1813 | — | wfo-1200024629 | |
| Polytrichum laterale | Muscologiae Recentiorum Supplementum 1: 76 1806 | — | wfo-1200024630 | |
| Polytrichum longifolium | Bryologia Europaea. 4: 256. 1844 | — | wfo-1000017545 | |
| Polytrichum longisetum | Musci Exotici 1: 66 1818 | — | wfo-1200024631 | |
| Polytrichum longisetum var. anomalum | Phytologia. 18: 403. 1969 | — | wfo-1200005273 | |
| Polytrichum longissimum | Prodrome de la Flore Bryologique de Madagascar des Mascareignes et des Comores: 179. 1898 | — | wfo-1000017546 | |
| Polytrichum macounii | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 96 1889 | — | wfo-0001170155 | |
| Polytrichum macrorhapis | Int. Polarforsch., Deutsch. Exped. 2: 290 1890 | — | wfo-0001170157 | |
| Polytrichum marginatum | Genera Muscorum Frondosorum: 177 1900 | — | wfo-1200024632 | |
| Polytrichum microdendron | Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 3: 93 1896 | — | wfo-0001170167 | |
| Polytrichum nanum | Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar 9: 139 1868 | — | wfo-1200024633 | |
| Polytrichum nanum | Sp. Musc. Frond. 95 1801 | — | wfo-0001170180 | |
| Polytrichum nigrescens | Bryotheca Baltica: 115 1910 | — | wfo-1200024634 | |
| Polytrichum norwegicum f. serrulatum | Consp. Musc. Eur. 72 1954 | — | wfo-0001214124 | |
| Polytrichum norwegicum var. tenellum | Consp. Musc. Eur. 72 1954 | — | wfo-0001170190 | |
| Polytrichum ohioense subsp. decipiens | Preslia 41: 136 1969 | — | wfo-0001186783 | |
| Polytrichum ohioense var. strictifolium | Consp. Musc. Eur. 65 1954 | — | wfo-0001170204 | |
| Polytrichum pachycarpum | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin). 15: 533. 1857 | — | wfo-1000017547 | |
| Polytrichum paludicola | Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907–1908, Botanik 2: 157 1910 | — | wfo-1200024635 | |
| Polytrichum papillosum | Skvortsovia, International Journal of Salicology and Plant Biology. 1(1): 82. 2013 | — | wfo-1000017548 | |
| Polytrichum parvisetum | Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 9: 218 1891 | — | wfo-0001170210 | |
| Polytrichum piliferum f. longisetum | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 18: 182 1900 | — | wfo-0001214126 | |
| Polytrichum piliferum subsp. hyperboreum | Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 72: 79, 107 1934 | — | wfo-1200024636 | |
| Polytrichum piliferum var. alpestre | Forh. Vidensk.-Selsk. Kristiania 1875: 365 1876 | — | wfo-0001170226 | |
| Polytrichum piliferum var. australe | Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique. 33(2): 125. 1895 | — | wfo-1200005274 | |
| Polytrichum piliferum var. elegans | Bot. Centralbl. 83: 44 1900 | — | wfo-0001170227 | |
| Polytrichum piliferum var. schiffneri | Bot. Centralbl. 83: 44 1900 | — | wfo-0001170230 | |
| Polytrichum pilifolium | A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. 1: 720. 1821 | — | wfo-1000017549 | |
| Polytrichum pilifolium | Hedwigia 36: 92 1897 | — | wfo-1200024637 | |
| Polytrichum pilosum | Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae. 10: 23. 1871 | — | wfo-1000017550 | |
| Polytrichum pilosum f. longisetum | Consp. Musc. Eur. 71 1954 | — | wfo-0001214127 | |
| Polytrichum pilosum var. alpestre | Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 7(9): 52 1883 | — | wfo-0001170232 | |
| Polytrichum pilosum var. elegans | Consp. Musc. Eur. 71 1954 | — | wfo-0001170233 | |
| Polytrichum pilosum var. hoppei | Musci Scand. 12 1879 | — | wfo-0001170234 | |
| Polytrichum pilosum var. schiffneri | Consp. Musc. Eur. 71 1954 | — | wfo-0001170235 | |
| Polytrichum polare | Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 17: 205 1859 | — | wfo-0001170241 | |
| Polytrichum polycarpum | Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, Nuova Serie 4: 14 1897 | — | wfo-1000041211 | |
| Polytrichum polythamnium | Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 3: 93 1896 | — | wfo-0001170243 | |
| Polytrichum purpurascens | Linnaea 32: 148 1863 | — | wfo-1000041212 | |
| Polytrichum robustum | Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar, Mousses: 323 1915 | — | wfo-1000041213 | |
| Polytrichum sexangulare f. serrulatum | Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 54: 73 1904 | — | wfo-0001214125 | |
| Polytrichum sexangulare var. tenellum | Bot. Iceland 1: 502. 10, 11 1918 | — | wfo-0001170290 | |
| Polytrichum sprucei | Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar. 9: 99. 1867 | — | wfo-1000017551 | |
| Polytrichum subformosum var. parvisetum | Hist. Phys. Madagascar, Mousses 321 1915 | — | wfo-0001170314 | |
| Polytrichum subrotundum var. longisetum | Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 143 1867 | — | wfo-0001170320 | |
| Polytrichum tenue | A General System of Nature. 6: 1722. 1806 | — | wfo-1000017552 | |
| Polytrichum thelicarpum | Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 3: 94 1896 | — | wfo-0001170334 | |
| Polytrichum uliginosum | Carinthia II. 101: 485. 1991 | — | wfo-1000017553 | |
| Polytrichum undulatum var. subserratum | Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany. 2: 3. 1840 | — | wfo-1200005275 | |
| Polytrichum urnigerum var. tetragonum | Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 136 1868 | — | wfo-0001170358 | |
| Polytrichum verrucosum | Index Bryol. 1010 1898 | — | wfo-0001170364 | |
| Polytrichum wilsonii | Enum. Bryin. Exot. 73 1888 | — | wfo-0001170370 | |
| Polytrichum yezoense | J. Jap. Bot. 15: 365. 17, 18 1939 | — | wfo-0001170372 | |
| Polytrichum yuccaefolium var. perigoniale | Fl. Crypt. Erlang. 83 1817 | — | wfo-0001170374 |