| Name | Hylocomium splendens var. compactum (Lesquereux & James) Macoun & Kindberg |
| Authorship | (Lesquereux & James) Macoun & Kindberg |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Hylocomium splendens (Hedwig) Schimper |
| Citation | 1892 Cat. Canad. Pl., Musci 248 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Hylocomium splendens var. compactum (Lesquereux & James) Macoun & Kindberg |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |