Synonyms: Barbula brachypoda; Barbula leptopyxis; Barbula mucronifolia; Barbula subcuneifolia; Desmatodon mucronifolius (homotypic); Syntrichia leptopyxis; Syntrichia mucronifolia; Tortula leptopyxis; Tortula mucronifolia var. hyperborea; Tortula subulata var. brevifolia (homotypic); Tortula subulata var. hyperborea; Tortula subulata var. laevifolia; Tortula subulata var. mucronifolia