| Name | Hypnum formosum Bescherelle |
| Authorship | Bescherelle |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Hypnum Hedwig |
| Citation | 1872 Mexic. Pl. 1(Crypt.): 54 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Hypnum formosum Bescherelle |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |