AbstractType material is studied for six names of southern hemisphereRacomitria,viz.R. dustro-georgicumPar.,R. amoenum(Broth.) Par.,R. substenocladumCard.,R. skottsbergiiCard. et Broth.,R. substenocladumfo.*nigrescensCard. et Broth., andR. austro-georgicumvar.kranckiiRiov. They are all placed as synonyms ofR. sudeticum(Funck) Bruch et Schimp., which accordingly is bipolar.Racomitrium austro-sudeticumBroth. in Herz. belongs to the genusGrimmia.