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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2024

latest classification for this taxon

genus

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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Synonyms of Sphagnum

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Isocladus	Lindb.	Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 19: 133. 1862.	—	wfo-4000019264
Sphagnopsis	Trevis.	Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 19: 478. 1876.	—	wfo-4100000489

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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
Sphagnum cavifolium subf. contortum-squarrosulum	Grav. ex Warnst.	–	—	wfo-1200046621
Sphagnum imbricatum var. degenerans	Warnst.	–	—	wfo-1200059537
Sphagnum laxifolium var. dusenii	(C.E.O.Jensen ex Warnst.) Cardot	–	—	wfo-1200047071
Sphagnum mendocinum var. aquaticum	Warnst.	–	—	wfo-1200047154
Sphagnum recurvum subsp. longifolium	(Warnst.) Röll	–	—	wfo-1200059634
Sphagnum subsecundum subsp. isophyllum	–	–	—	wfo-1200060312