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December 2023

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Polytrichum hyperboreum R. Br.

This species name was first published in Chloris Melvilliana: 36. 1823 Link to external nomenclature reference

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. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 7(9): 52. 1883 wfo-0001160489
Polytrichum piliferum var. alpestre Wulfsb. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Kristiania 1875: 365. 1876 wfo-0001170226
Polytrichum piliferum var. hyperboreum (R. Br.) Müll. Hal. Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 1: 218. 1848 wfo-0001170229
Polytrichum pilosum var. alpestre (Wulfsb.) Kindb. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 7(9): 52. 1883 wfo-0001170232
Polytrichum piliferum subsp. hyperboreum (R. Br.) Albr. Rohn. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 72. 1934 wfo-1200024636
Polytrichum piliferum var. psilocorys J. Heimans wfo-1200048384