⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35117718, with some changes.

Hypnum hercynicum (Milde) Hampe is a synonym of Rhynchostegium confertum subsp. hercynicum (Milde) Podp.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35117718) with original publication details: Fl. Hercyn. 362 362 1873.