Polytrichaceae Schwägr.
Dawsonia superba var. pulchra (Wijk) Zanten , legitimate, scientific
Zanten, B.O. van (1972), Jaarboek, Verslagen en Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Botanische Vereniging 1971: 36 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Dawsonia pulchra Wijk legitimate
Zanten, B.O. van in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Dawsonia in Polytrichaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 131, Plates 3,4, Map 26 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Dawsonia pulchra Wijk legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polytrichum longifolium Bruch & Schimp. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dawsonia intermedia Müll.Hal. ex Schlieph. & Geh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dawsonia superba var. intermedia (Schlieph. & Geh.) Zanten legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dawsonia longifolia (Bruch & Schimp.) Zanten legitimate