| Name | Rhynchostegium rusciforme Schimper |
| Authorship | Schimper |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomSuperfl |
| Placed in | Rhynchostegium |
| Contains | Rhynchostegium rusciforme var. atlanticum (Bridel) Schimper |
| Remarks | Scimper referred to "Hypnum rusciforme" Weiss ex Bridel (9 May 1801), which is superfluous and illegitimate for H. riparioides Hedwig (1 Jan 1801). |
| Citation | 1852 Bryol. Eur. 5: 207 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Rhynchostegium rusciforme Schimper |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |