Biology:Sphagnopsida

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Short description: Subclass of mosses

Sphagnopsida
Temporal range: Permian to present
Sphagnum cuspidatum 041107a.jpg
A clump of Sphagnum, peat moss
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Subdivision: Sphagnophytina
Class: Sphagnopsida
Ochyra
Orders

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.

Template:Moss phylogeny

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1422487 entry