| Name | Sphagnum girgensohnii var. commune Russow |
| Authorship | Russow |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Sphagnum girgensohnii Russow |
| Citation | 1894 Arch. Naturk. Liv- Ehst- Kurlands, Ser. 2, Biol. Naturk. 10: 502 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Sphagnum girgensohnii var. commune Russow |
| Identification made in | [no date] (3) |