Biology:Sphagnopsida
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Short description: Subclass of mosses
| Sphagnopsida | |
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| A clump of Sphagnum, peat moss | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Subdivision: | Sphagnophytina |
| Class: | Sphagnopsida Ochyra |
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Sphagnopsida is a class of mosses that includes a single subclass Sphagnidae, with two orders. It is estimated it originated about 465 million years ago, along with Takakia.[1] The order Sphagnales contains four living genera: Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, which counts four species in total, and Sphagnum which contains the rest of the species. The extinct Protosphagnales contains a single fossil species.
References
- Shaw, A. Jonathan (2000). "Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences". The Bryologist. 103 (2): 277–306.
Wikidata ☰ Q1422487 entry
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