⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35119619, with some changes.

Pogonatum brevicaule var. torreyanum Brid. is a synonym of Pogonatum pensilvanicum (W. Bartram ex Hedw.) P. Beauv.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35119619) with original publication details: Bryol. Univ. 2: 115 115 1827.