Jungermannia platyphylla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1134. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae & America septentrionalis sylvis." RCN: 8126.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1267.24? (LINN); [icon] in Dillenius, Hist. Musc.: 501, t. 72, f. 32. 1741; [icon] in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: 9, t. 6, f. 3, 4. 1729; [icon] in Vaillant, Bot. Paris.: t. 19, f. 9. 1727; [icon] in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 3: 627, s. 15, t. 6, f. 44. 1699.

Current name: Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. ( Porellaceae).

Note: See notes by Isoviita (in Acta Bot. Fenn. 89: 20. 1970) and Grolle (in Feddes Repert. 87: 221. 1976).