Protosphagnum

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Protosphagnum nervatum Fossil range: Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Sphagnopsida Subclass: Sphagnidae Order: Protosphagnales † Family: Protosphagnaceae † Genus: Protosphagnum † Species: P. nervatum †
Binomial name
Protosphagnum nervatum Nejburg, 1960

Protospagnum nervatum is the only known species of order Protosphagnales. In many ways, it resembles the living moss genus Sphagnum, though its leaf cells are not as strongly dimorphic as in Sphagnum.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Oostendorp, Cora. The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic. (Bryophytum Bibliotheca, Band 34, 1987). ISBN 3-443-62006-X.