Sphagnum alpinum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1106. 1753.

"Habitat in Angliae summis alpium paludibus." RCN: 7987.

Type not relevant.

Current name: Campylopus flexuosus (Hedw.) Brid. ( Dicranaceae).

Note: As this name appears to relate to a member of the Musci that does not belong to the Sphagnaceae, S. alpinum is a pre-Starting Point name and has no nomenclatural standing.