3b. Molendoa sendtneriana var. yunnanica (Broth.) Gyoerffy in Thér. 高山大丛藓云南变种 gao-shan da-cong xian yunnan bian-zhong
Molendoa yuennanensis Broth., Akad. Wiss. Wien Sitzungsber., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Abt. 1, 131: 209. 1922. Type. China: Yunnan, Kunming City, Handel-Mazzetti 756 (holotype H).
Molendoa yuennanensis Broth. ex Hilp., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 50 (2): 669. 1933, nom. illeg.
This variety differs from var. sendtneriana by having smaller plants and leaves, costa never excurrent, abruptly acuminate leaf apices, and upper leaf cells smooth or with indistinct papillae.