| Name | Ceratodon purpureus var. xanthopus Sullivant |
| Authorship | Sullivant |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Ceratodon purpureus (Hedwig) Bridel |
| Citation | 1865 Musci Bor.-Amer., ed. 2 29 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Ceratodon purpureus var. xanthopus Sullivant |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |