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Sphagnum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 2: 1106. 1753.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000036022.

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Sphagnum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum acutifolium var. flagelliforme (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 56: 56 56 1915 — wfo-0001185445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum acutifolium var. laxifolium (Warnst.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 25(1): 92, 117 92, 117 1886 — wfo-0001185450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum acutifolium var. nanum (Müll. Hal. & Warnst.) Paris Index Bryol. 1177 1177 1898 — wfo-0001185454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum acutifolium var. polycladum (Cardot & Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 25(1): 87, 116 87, 116 1886 — wfo-0001185456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum acutifolium var. subnitens (Russow & Warnst.) Hérib. Mém. Acad. Sci. Clermont-Ferrand 14: 446 446 1899 — wfo-0001185469
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum acutiforme var. arctum (Braithw.) Warnst. Flora 67: 605 605 1884 — wfo-0001185474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum acutiforme var. sanguineum (Sendtn. ex Warnst.) Warnst. Flora 67: 605 605 1884 — wfo-0001185484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum albescens Huebener & Genth Deutschl. Leberm. 3: 73 73 1837 — wfo-0001185496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum amblyphyllum var. brevifolium (Lindb.) H. Schmidt Mitt. Bad. Landesvereins Naturk. Naturschutz Freiburg 2: 111 111 1927 — wfo-0001185504
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum amblyphyllum var. ligulatum (Roll) H. Schmidt Mitt. Bad. Landesvereins Naturk. Naturschutz Freiburg 2: 111 111 1927 — wfo-0001185505
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum antarcticum var. densissimum (Warnst.) Rodway Pap. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 1913: 254 254 1914 — wfo-0001185518
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum antiquasporites L.R. Wilson & R.M. Webster Amer. J. Bot. 33: 273. 2 273 1946 — wfo-0001185520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum apiculatum var. fuscescens (C.E.O. Jensen) C.E.O. Jensen Danmarks Mosser 1: 270 270 1915 — wfo-0001185524
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum apiculatum var. pallescens (C.E.O. Jensen) C.E.O. Jensen Danmarks Mosser 1: 270 270 1915 — wfo-0001185525
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum aquatile var. beckmannii (Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 344 (Sphagnol. Univ. 344) 344 1911 — wfo-0001185529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum aquatile var. turgidum (Müll. Hal.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 343 (Sphagnol. Univ. 343) 343 1911 — wfo-0001185530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum armoricum Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 394 (Sphagnol. Univ. 394) 394 1911 — wfo-0001185534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum auriculatum var. brachyladum (Warnst.) Bott. Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 3, 13(1): 62 62 1919 — wfo-0001185540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum auriculatum var. corniculatum (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 46: 241 241 1907 — wfo-0001185541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum auriculatum var. rigidum (Schlieph. ex Roll) Roll Hedwigia 46: 241 241 1907 — wfo-0001185542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum bavaricum Warnst. Hedwigia 47: 84 84 1907 — wfo-0001185559
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum campbellii Schimp. Mém. Hist. Nat. Sphaignes 82 82 1857 — wfo-0001185598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum contortum subsp. platyphyllum (Lindb.) C.E.O. Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 76 76 1890 — wfo-0001185636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum cornutum var. abbreviatum (Roll) G. Roth Eur. Torfm. 70 70 1906 — wfo-0001185666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum crassicladum var. obesum (Wilson) Jansen & Wacht. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 53: 207 207 1943 — wfo-0001185673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum cuspidatum subsp. subrecurvum (Warnst.) A. Eddy Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 5: 413 413 1977 — wfo-0001169857
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum cymbifolium var. medium (Limpr.) Velen. Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, TY. 2, Vĕdy Mat. PYír. 6(6): 73 73 1897 — wfo-0001185730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum cymbifolium var. platyphyllum (Roll) Paris Index Bryol. (ed. 2) 4: 272 272 1905 — wfo-0001185734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum cymbifolium var. stenophyllum (Lindb.) Dixon Stud. Handb. Brit. Mosses 7 7 1896 — wfo-0001185739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum cymbifolium var. submersum (Grav.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 25(1): 49, 109 49, 109 1886 — wfo-0001185740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum cymbifolium var. tenue (Roll) Paris Index Bryol. 1188 1188 1898 — wfo-0001185742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum dusenii var. angustifolium (C.E.O. Jensen) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 289 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 57] 289 1897 — wfo-0001185768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum dusenii var. deflexum (Warnst.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 289 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 57] 289 1897 — wfo-0001185769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum dusenii var. fallax (Warnst.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 289 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 57] 289 1897 — wfo-0001185770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum dusenii var. fuscescens (C.E.O. Jensen) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 289 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 57] 289 1897 — wfo-0001185771
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum eatonii Warnst. Hedwigia 47: 100 100 1907 — wfo-0001185774
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum evansii Warnst. Hedwigia 47: 99 99 1907 — wfo-0001185784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum fusciforme Drozhastchich & Purtova Trudy Vsesojuzn. Neftyan. Naučno-Issl. Geol. Inst. 177: 14. pl. 1: f. 1 14 1961 — wfo-0001213793
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum glaucum var. atroviride (Schlieph. ex Roll) Roll Flora 69: 426 426 1886 — wfo-0001185821
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum glaucum var. roellii (Schlieph.) Roll Flora 69: 427 427 1886 — wfo-0001185829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum laricinum var. gracile (Warnst.) Husn. Sphagnol. Eur. 10 10 1882 — wfo-0001185928
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum laricinum var. robustum (Warnst.) Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 1–25: 322 322 1890 — wfo-0001185930
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum laxifolium var. plumulosum (Schimp.) C.E.O. Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 106 106 1890 — wfo-0001189767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum lenense H. Lindb. ex L.I. Savicz Sphagn. Eur. URSS 47: 7 B 7 B 1936 — wfo-0001189774
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum longifolium Saut. Flora 35: 580 580 1852 — wfo-0001189787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum medium var. purpurascens (Russow) Warnst. Flora 67: 599 599 1884 — wfo-0001189831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum missouricum Warnst. & Cardot Hedwigia 47: 93 93 1907 — wfo-0001189852
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. acutifolium (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 339 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 107] 339 1897 — wfo-0001189862
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. brebissonii (Husn.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 339 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 107] 339 1897 — wfo-0001189863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. confertulum (Cardot) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 339 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 107] 339 1897 — wfo-0001189864
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. contortum (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 340 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 108] 340 1897 — wfo-0001189865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. glaucovirescens (Warnst.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 340 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 108] 340 1897 — wfo-0001189867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. longifolium (Lindb.) Warnst. Eur. Torfm. 94 94 1881 — wfo-0001189868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. recurvum (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 340 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 108] 340 1897 — wfo-0001189869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum molluscum var. strictum (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 340 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 108] 340 1897 — wfo-0001189870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum mucronatum Bruch & Schimp. ex Edmondston Fl. Shetland 30: 381 381 1847 — wfo-0001189876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum novo-caledoniae Paris & Warnst. Oefvers. Förh. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. 53A: 1 1 1910 — wfo-0001189890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum obesum var. insolitum (Cardot) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 343 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 111] 343 1897 — wfo-0001189895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum obesum var. plumosum (Warnst.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 343 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 111] 343 1897 — wfo-0001189896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum palustre var. congestum (Schimp.) Jansen & Wacht. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 53: 209 209 1943 — wfo-0001189935
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum parvifolium var. gracile (Grav.) Warnst. Eur. Torfm. 67 67 1881 — wfo-0001189956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum permolle Cardot Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 711 711 1907 — wfo-0001189968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum plicatum var. floridanum (Renauld & Cardot) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 361 (Sphagnol. Univ. 361) 361 1911 — wfo-0001189982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudocontortum var. imbricatum (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 51: 111 111 1911 — wfo-0001190013
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudocontortum var. teretiusculum (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 51: 111 111 1911 — wfo-0001190014
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudocuspidatum Warnst. Hedwigia 29: 218. 8 f. 4–6; 10 f. 3 218 1890 — wfo-0001190015
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudomolluscum Roll Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1913 — wfo-0001190019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudoplatyphyllum Roll Hedwigia 51: 114 114 1911 — wfo-0001190020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudorecurvum Roll Bot. Centralbl. 39: 340 340 1889 — wfo-0001190021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudoserratum Roll Hedwigia 51: 100 100 1911 — wfo-0001190023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudoserratum var. crispulum (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 51: 101 101 1911 — wfo-0001190024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudoserratum var. plumulosum (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 51: 101 101 1911 — wfo-0001190025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudoturgidum Roll Hedwigia 46: 239 239 1907 — wfo-0001190027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum pseudoturgidum var. imbricatum (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 46: 240 240 1907 — wfo-0001190028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum puiggari var. squarrosulum (Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 497 (Sphagnol. Univ. 497) 497 1911 — wfo-0001190030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum putillum Drozhastchich & Purtova Trudy Vsesojuzn. Neftyan. Naučno-Issl. Geol. Inst. 177: 16. pl. 1: f. 4–6 16 1961 — wfo-0001213792
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum recurviforme Warnst. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 116 116 1895 — wfo-0001190059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum regium Drozhastchich Trudy Vsesojuzn. Neftyan. Naučno-Issl. Geol. Inst. 177: 18. pl. 2: 1–3 18 1961 — wfo-0001197023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rigidum var. subsquarrosum (Warnst.) Renauld & Cardot Rev. Bryol. 19: 67 67 1892 — wfo-0001190094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rothii Roll Hedwigia 46: 217, 227 217, 227 1907 — wfo-0001190121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. algerianum (Cardot) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 387 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 155] 387 1897 — wfo-0001190134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. ambiguum (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 387 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 155] 387 1897 — wfo-0001190135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. bernetti (Cardot) G. Roth Eur. Torfm. 68 68 1906 — wfo-0001190136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. cymbifolium (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 387 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 155] 387 1897 — wfo-0001190137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. falcatum (Cardot) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 387 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 155] 387 1897 — wfo-0001190138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. lindbergii (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 387 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 155] 387 1897 — wfo-0001190139
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. revolvens (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 387 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 155] 387 1897 — wfo-0001190140
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. rufescens (Grav.) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 388 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 156] 388 1897 — wfo-0001190141
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. simplicissimum (Milde) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 387 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 155] 387 1897 — wfo-0001190142
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. subauriculatum (Buyss. ex Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 388 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 156] 388 1897 — wfo-0001190143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. tenellum (Roll) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 388 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 156] 388 1897 — wfo-0001190144
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum rufescens var. viride (Boulay) Cardot Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 10: 388 [Re|4pert. Sphagnol. 156] 388 1897 — wfo-0001190145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum schimperi var. pseudoschimperi (Warnst.) Roll Flora 69: 40 40 1886 — wfo-0001190169
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum schimperi var. speciosum (Warnst.) Roll Hedwigia 42 (Beibl): 25 25 1903 — wfo-0001190170
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum schliephackei var. robustum (Roll) Roll Hedwigia 56: 71 71 1915 — wfo-0001190175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum sphaericum H. Lindb. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 26(2): 70 70 1889 — wfo-0001190204
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum subbicolor var. brachycladum (Roll) Roll Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat. Pisa Processi Verbali 26: 29 29 1915 — wfo-0001190224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum subbicolor var. carneum (Warnst.) Wijk & Margad. Taxon 14: 198 198 1965 — wfo-0001190225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum subflavum Bolkh. Trudy Geol. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 18: 29 29 1959 — wfo-0001183463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum subsecundum subsp. platyphyllum (Lindb.) Hérib. Mém. Acad. Sci. Clermont-Ferrand 14: 454 454 1899 — wfo-0001190266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum tabulare var. molluscoides (Müll. Hal.) Pilous Fl. ČSSR, C, Bryol. 1: 356 356 1971 — wfo-0001186877
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum turgidum var. squarrosulum (Grav.) Bott. Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 3, 13(1): 64 64 1919 — wfo-0001190351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum turgidum var. turgescens (Roll) Bott. Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 3, 13(1): 64 64 1919 — wfo-0001190352
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum uzenense Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 394. 65B (Sphagnol. Univ. 394. 65B) 394 1911 — wfo-0001190360
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sphagnum weddelianum Besch. ex Warnst. Hedwigia 30: 163. 18 f. 28; 14 ii, kk 163 1891 — wfo-0001190387