| Name | Sphagnum subnitens var. obscurum Warnstorf |
| Authorship | Warnstorf |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst. |
| Citation | 1890 Bot. Gaz. 15: 196 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum subnitens var. obscurum Warnstorf |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |