The name Polytrichum is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Botany
Zoology

Polytrichum

Botany

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Taxonomy

Species

Polytrichum affine Funck 1

Polytrichum afrorobustum Besch. 3 3

Polytrichum alaskanum Dupret 1 1

Polytrichum algidum I.Hagen & C.E.O.Jensen 1 1

Polytrichum aloides Hedw. 19

Polytrichum alpestre Hoppe 11 2

Polytrichum alpinum Hedw. 59 15

Polytrichum angusticaule Müll.Hal. 2 2

Polytrichum angustifolium Mitt. 10 4

Polytrichum angustum Broth. 1 1

Polytrichum antarcticum Cardot 3 3

Polytrichum antillarum Rich. 8 4

Polytrichum appressum Brid. 2 2

Polytrichum aquense SAPORTA 1 1

Polytrichum aristiflorum Mitt. 1 1

Polytrichum atrichoides Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum attenuatum Menzies 7

Polytrichum aurantiacum Hoppe 1

Polytrichum austroalpinum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum austrogeorgicum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum autrani Renauld & Cardot 1 1

Polytrichum boreale 1 1

Polytrichum bornemuelleri Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum brachymitrium Müll.Hal. 2 2

Polytrichum brachypelma Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum brachyphyllum Michx. 1

Polytrichum brachypyxis Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum brasiliense Hampe 3 2

Polytrichum buchanani Rehmann 1 1

Polytrichum calopogon Besch. 16 7

Polytrichum campophilum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum canaliculatum Hook. & Arnott 2

Polytrichum cirratum Sw. 3

Polytrichum commune Hedw. 153 28

Polytrichum comorense Müll.Hal. 8 5

Polytrichum compressum Hook.f. & Wils. 1

Polytrichum convolutum Hedw. 4 2

Polytrichum cuspidirostrum Schimp. 1 1

Polytrichum dicksoni Engl.Bot. 1

Polytrichum elatum P.Beauv. 15 11

Polytrichum elegans Welw. & Duby 4 4

Polytrichum equisetiforme Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum ericoides Hoffm. 1

Polytrichum flaccidogracile Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum flexicaule Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum fragilifolium H.Lindb. 3 3

Polytrichum ghiesbreghtii Besch. 4 3

Polytrichum glabrum Brid. ex Schrad. 3

Polytrichum glaucescens Schimp. 1 1

Polytrichum gromieri Thér. 1 1

Polytrichum hercynicum 5

Polytrichum hildebrandti Müll.Hal. 2

Polytrichum hirsutum Leroy 1 1

Polytrichum hoehnelii Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum hoppii Hornsch. 1

Polytrichum hyperboreum R.Br. 1

Polytrichum integricuspe Dixon & Thér. 1 1

Polytrichum jamesonii Taylor 1 1

Polytrichum juniperellum Müll.Hal. 2

Polytrichum juniperifolium Hoffm. 2 2

Polytrichum juniperiforme Schimp. 2 1

Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw. 159 18

Polytrichum laevipilum Hampe 1 1

Polytrichum latidens Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum leioneuron Besch. 5 5

Polytrichum leonii Papp 5 5

Polytrichum leucomitrium Hornsch. 1

Polytrichum liebmannianum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum longisetum Sw. ex Brid. 16

Polytrichum longissimum Müll.Hal. 14 1

Polytrichum longitesum Sw. 1

Polytrichum macropogon Schimp. 1 1

Polytrichum madagassum Hampe 1

Polytrichum magellanicum Hedw. 10 2

Polytrichum mahense Besch. 5 5

Polytrichum mauritianum Müll.Hal. ex Besch. 7 7

Polytrichum membranaceum Broth. 1 1

Polytrichum micropyxis Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum molinae Mont. 3

Polytrichum nanum Hedw. 10

Polytrichum natalense Sim 1 1

Polytrichum norvegicum Hedw. 2

Polytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot 1 1

Polytrichum orthobasis Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum pallidicaule Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum pallidisetum Funck. 1

Polytrichum parvisetum Müll.Hal. ex Renauld 3 2

Polytrichum perichaetiale Mont. 2

Polytrichum perigoniale Michx. 4

Polytrichum pervillei Besch. 12 11

Polytrichum polakowskyi Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum polare Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum preussii Broth. 1 1

Polytrichum propinquum Mont. 3

Polytrichum pungens Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum purpurans Besch. 4 2

Polytrichum purpurascens Hampe 2 1

Polytrichum purpurellum Besch. ex Müll.Hal. 20 2

Polytrichum purpureum 1 1

Polytrichum ramosum Schimp. 1 1

Polytrichum rehmanni Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum remotifolium P.Beauv. 25 14

Polytrichum rhynchomitrium Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum riedeliana Mont. 1

Polytrichum robustum Müll.Hal. ex Cardot 6 1

Polytrichum secundulum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum semiangulatum L. & Hedw. 2

Polytrichum septentrionale Sw. ex Brid. 7 2

Polytrichum sexangulare Floerk. 30 3

Polytrichum sinense Cardot & Thér. 3 3

Polytrichum sp. 42 4

Polytrichum spegazzinii Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum sphaerothecium (Besch.) Müll.Hal. 2 2

Polytrichum strictum Brid. 44 3

Polytrichum subappressum Besch. 2 2

Polytrichum subattenuatum Thér. 3 3

Polytrichum subformosum Besch. 199 20

Polytrichum subnudum Schimp. 1 1

Polytrichum subpilosum P.Beauv. 42 2

Polytrichum subremotifolium Geh. & Hampe 2 1

Polytrichum subrotundum Hedw. 2

Polytrichum substrictum Hampe 3 3

Polytrichum teysmannianum Dozy & Molk. 1

Polytrichum thysanomitrium Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum tonkinense Thér. & Henry 4 3

Polytrichum tortile Sw. 2

Polytrichum trachypelma Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum trichodes Müll.Hal. 4 4

Polytrichum tuberculosum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Polytrichum undulatum Hedw. 5

Polytrichum urnigerum L. 13 1

Polytrichum vaginatum Hook. 1

Polytrichum vulgare L. 1

Polytrichum xanthopilum Wilson ex Mitt. 6 4

Polytrichum yuccaefolium Ehrh. 1

Polytrichum yuccoides Rehm. 1 1

1392 Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Ass. Naturalistes Val. du Loing (ANVL)	16
Cons. et Jard. Bot. de Nancy (NCY)	11
Cryptogams (PC)	1330
Ethnobotany (PAT)	2
Herbarium of harmas de J. H. Fabre (FABR)	12
M.H.N. d'Aix-en-Provence (AIX)	2
Paleontology (F)	1
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU)	9
University of Limoges (LIMO)	6
Vascular plants (P)	3

Polytrichum

Zoology

Taxonomy

Species

Polytrichum sp. 1

Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Extractotheque (CX)	1