• Polytrichum J. Hedwig, 1801
• Polytrichum angustifolium Mitten, 1869
• Polytrichum autranii Renauld & Cardot, 1894
• Polytrichum brachymitrium C. Müller, 1879
• Polytrichum brachypelma C. Müller, 1897
• Polytrichum breviceps C. Müller, 1898
• Polytrichum cataractarum C. Müller, 1897
• Polytrichum commune Hedwig, 1801
• Polytrichum croceum Hampe, 1853
• Polytrichum cupreum Negri, 1908
• Polytrichum elegans Welwitsch & Duby, 1872
• Polytrichum elongatum Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
• Polytrichum glabrum Bridel ex Schrader, 1803
• Polytrichum gracilisetum Bescherelle ex C. Müller, 1900
• Polytrichum hyperboreum R. Brown, 1823
• Polytrichum juniperellum C. Müller in Geheeb, 1881
• Polytrichum juniperinum Hedwig, 1801
• Polytrichum lycopodioides C. Müller, 1897
• Polytrichum microcephalum C. Müller, 1883
• Polytrichum micropysix C. Müller, 1900
• Polytrichum novae-hollandiae Jaeger, 1875
• Polytrichum obliquirostre C. Müller, 1897
• Polytrichum oerstedianum C. Müller, 1900
• Polytrichum pachyneuron Hampe, 1847
• Polytrichum piliferum Hedwig, 1801
• Polytrichum polakowskyi C. Müller, 1900
• Polytrichum recurvatum C. Müller, 1901
• Polytrichum recurvipilum C. Müller, 1897
• Polytrichum sinense Cardot & Thériot, 1904
• Polytrichum stolonigerum C. Müller, 1900
• Polytrichum strictum Menzies ex Bridel, 1801
• Polytrichum subcarinatum Hampe, 1875
• Polytrichum subpilosum Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
• Polytrichum subremotifolium Geheeb & Hampe, 1881
• Polytrichum swartzii C.J. Hartman, 1849
• Polytrichum tibetanum Gao Chien in Gao Chien & Zhang Guang-Chu, 1979
• Polytrichum tonkinense Thériot & R. Henry, 1928
• Polytrichum trachythecium C. Müller, 1900
• Polytrichum transvaaliense C. Müller, 1899
• Polytrichum vaginatum Warnstorf, 1920