≡Sphagnum acutifolium var. rubellum (Wilson) Russow, Arch. Naturk. Liv- Ehst- Kurlands, Ser. 2, Biol. Naturk. 7: 119. 1865.
≡Sphagnum tenellum var. rubellum (Wilson) H. Klinggr., Schriften Königl. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsberg 13: 4. 1872,
nom. illeg.
≡Sphagnum acutiforme var. rubellum (Wilson) Warnst., Flora 67: 605. 1884,
nom. illeg.
≡Sphagnum wilsonii var. rubellum (Wilson) Röll, Flora 69: 79. 1886,
nom. illeg.
≡Sphagnum nemoreum var. rubellum (Wilson) Brizi, Malpighia 4: 282. 1890.
≡Sphagnum quinquefarium var. rubellum (Wilson) Warnst., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 45: 141. 1895.
≡Sphagnum acutifolium subsp. rubellum (Wilson) Hérib., Mém. Acad. Sci. Clermont-Ferrand, sér. 2, 14: 445. 1899.
≡Sphagnum nemoreum subsp. rubellum (Wilson) Bott., Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 5, 13(1): 20. 1919.
≡Sphagnum capillifolium var. rubellum (Wilson) A. Eddy, Handb. Eur. Sphagna: 96. 1985. (
Daniels & Eddy 1985)
≡Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum (Wilson) M.O. Hill, Check-list Cens. Cat. Brit. Irish Bryoph.: 26. 1998. (
Blockeel & Long 1998)