Eosphagnum

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

Sphagnum inretortum

Eosphagnum inretortum is the only species of 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. 1.0 1.1 Shaw, A. Jonathan; Cox, Cymon J.; Buck, William R.; Devos, Nicolas; Buchanan, Alex M.; Cave, Lynette; Seppelt, Rodney; Shaw, Blanka; Larraín, Juan; Andrus, Richard; Greilhuber, Johann; & Temsch, Eva M. (2010). "Newly resolved relationships in an early land plant lineage: Bryophyta class Sphagnopsida (peat mosses)". American Journal of Botany 97: 1511–1531. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000055.
  2. Crum, Howard (1990). "Sphagnum inretortum, a New Species in a New Section from Bolivia". The Bryologist 93 (3): 283–285. doi:10.2307/3243512.

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