Sphagnopsida

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Sphagnopsida Fossil range: Permian to recent
a clump of Sphagnum, peat moss
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Sphagnopsida (Engl.) Ochyra Subclass: Sphagnidae
Orders
Protosphagnales † Sphagnales Ambuchananiales

The Sphagnopsida includes a single subclass Sphagnidae, with three orders. The order Sphagnales contains only the genus Sphagnum, with all but two of the species. The order Ambuchananiales contains a single living species, and Protosphagnales contains a single fossil species.

[edit] References

• Shaw, A. Jonathan, 2000. "Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences" [1], The Bryologist 103 (2): 277-306.