| Name | Distichium capillaceum (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper |
| Authorship | (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Distichium |
| Contains | Distichium capillaceum var. compactum (Huebener) Dalla Torre & Sarnthein |
| Citation | 1846 Bryol. Eur. 2: 156 |
| Holdings | 304 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Distichium capillaceum (Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper |
| Identification made in | [no date] (304) |