⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name record (from Tropicos) is not included in version 1.1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name is included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Tortula ruralis in version 1.1 of The Plant List.
This name is a synonym of Syntrichia ruralis var. gigantea .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35112851
) with original publication details: Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 12 12 1950.