| Name | Orthothecium Schimper |
| Authorship | Schimper |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomCons |
| Placed in | Entodontaceae |
| Contains | Orthothecium chryseum (Schwägrichen) Schimper Orthothecium hyalopiliferum Redfearn & B. H. Allen Orthothecium intricatum (Hartman) Schimper Orthothecium rufescens (Dickson ex Bridel) Schimper Orthothecium sp. Orthothecium strictum Lorentz |
| Remarks | nom. cons.; Type: O. rufescens (Bridel) Schimp. (Hypnum rufescens Bridel) |
| Citation | 1851 Bryol. Eur. 5: 105 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Orthothecium Schimper |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |