BN: Dicranum purpurascens Hedw.,

Sp. Musc. Frond.: 137, t. XXXV, f. 1-7. 1801.

CN / SY: Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 480. 1826.

PL: Lancaster Pensilvaniae in terra humoso-turfosa.

LI: Dicranum ambiguum purpurascens Spec. Musc. p. 137. t. 35, f. 1-7. Circa Lancaster Pensylvan [b a Pens, f. nom.].

LT: BURLEY & PRITCHARD (1990: 37-38), holotype in PH.

Figure: PRICE (2005: Fig. 70).

Notes: the original typification by BURLEY & PRITCHARD (1990) was not listed in PRICE (2005). Original Hedwig material is present in G [G00040077], shown in PRICE (2005: Fig. 70).