| Name | Sphagnum papillosum var. confertum Braithwaite |
| Authorship | Braithwaite |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Sphagnum papillosum Lindberg |
| Citation | 1873 Monthly Microscop. J. 215 |
| Holdings | 10 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum papillosum var. confertum Braithwaite |
| Identification made in | [no date] (10) |