| Name | Sphagnum tenellum Persoon ex Nees & Hornschuch |
| Authorship | Persoon ex Nees & Hornschuch |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | LaterHomonym |
| Placed in | Sphagnum |
| Citation | 1823 Bryol. Germ. 1: 8, 1 f. 2. |
| Holdings | 4 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum tenellum Persoon ex Nees & Hornschuch |
| Identification made in | 1929 (4) |