Ochi (1980) and Staples et al (2004) treated Bryum lanatum as a synonym of B. argenteum, but Frahm considered Bryum lanatum to be a separate species from B. argenteum as indicated by Bartram (1933). Bryum lanatum is now treated in Anomobryum by Spence (2002).

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