Wilson, W.M. in Hooker, J.D. (1859), Musci. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(8): 162 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "HAB. Huon River, Oldfield."

Warnstorf, C. in Engler, H.G.A. (1911), Das Pflanzenreich 51: 154 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphagnum antarcticum var. australe (Mitt.) Warnst. nom. illeg.

Seppelt, R.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Sphagnaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 96, Fig. 4, Map 3 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. australe (Mitt.) Warnst. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum compactum var. ovatum Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum confertum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. fluctuans Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum macrocephalum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum orthocladum Bryhn ex Warnst. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum falcirameum Müll.Hal. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum campbellianum Müll.Hal. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum f. densissimum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. macrocephalum (Warnst.) Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum weymouthii Warnst. ex Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. subsquarrosum Warnst. ex Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. densissimum (Warnst.) Rodway legitimate

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