| 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. obscurum Warnstorf 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) |