Biology:Eosphagnum

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Short description: Genus of mosses

Eosphagnum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Subclass: Sphagnidae
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Ambuchananiaceae
Genus: Eosphagnum
A.J.Shaw[2]
Species:
E. inretortum
Binomial name
Eosphagnum inretortum
(H.A.Crum)[1] A.J.Shaw[2]
Synonyms
  • Sphagnum inretortum H.A.Crum

Eosphagnum inretortum is a species of moss, and the only species of the genus Eosphagnum. Originally described as a species of Sphagnum, it is now a separate genus on the basis of morphological and genetic differences.

References

  1. Crum, Howard (1990). "Sphagnum inretortum, a New Species in a New Section from Bolivia". The Bryologist 93 (3): 283–285. doi:10.2307/3243512. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shaw, A. J.; Cox, C. J.; Buck, W. R.; Devos, N.; Buchanan, A. M.; Cave, L.; Seppelt, R.; Shaw, B. et al. (2010). "Newly resolved relationships in an early land plant lineage: Bryophyta class Sphagnopsida (peat mosses)". American Journal of Botany 97 (9): 1511–1531. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000055. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 21616905. https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/10161/4194/1/281539000011.pdf. 

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