| Name | Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst. |
| Authorship | Russow & Warnst. |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Sphagnum |
| Contains | Sphagnum subnitens var. flavicomans (Cardot) Warnstorf Sphagnum subnitens var. flavorubellum Warnstorf Sphagnum subnitens var. griseum Warnstorf ex C. E. O. Jensen Sphagnum subnitens var. obscurum Warnstorf Sphagnum subnitens var. pallescens Warnstorf ex Venturi Sphagnum subnitens var. versicolor Warnstorf Sphagnum subnitens var. virescens Warnstorf ex Horrell |
| Citation | 1888 Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 115. pl. 3, f. 9; pl. 4, f. 22-23 |
| Holdings | 8 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst. |
| Identification made in | [no date] (8) |