Seppelt, R.D. & Crum, H.A. (1999), Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 22: 132 [tax. nov.]

Seppelt, R.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Sphagnaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 100, Fig. 6, Map 5 [secondary reference]

Karlin, E.F., Boles, S.B. & Shaw, A.J. (2008), Resolving boundaries between species in Sphagnum section Subsecunda using microsatellite markers. Taxon 57(4): 1197 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphagnum comosum Müll.Hal. legitimate

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