⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-35165676, with some changes.

Microthamnium thelistegum var. teres (Hampe) Paris is a synonym of Mittenothamnium diminutivum var. teres (Hampe) Wijk & Margad.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 35165676) with original publication details: Index Bryol. 813 813 1897.