Biology:Sphagnales

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Short description: Order of mosses

Peat moss
Temporal range: Triassic to recent
SphagnumFallax.jpg
A clump of Sphagnum, peat moss
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Subclass: Sphagnidae
Order: Sphagnales
Limpr.
Families

Ambuchananiaceae
Flatbergiaceae
Sphagnaceae

The Sphagnales is an order of mosses with four living genera: Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, Flatbergium, and Sphagnum.
The genus Sphagnum contains the largest number of species currently discovered (about 200, number varying according to the various authors). The other genera are currently limited to one species each.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1138673 entry