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| Sphagnopsida Fossil range: Permian to recent |
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 a clump of Sphagnum, peat moss
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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.
References
- Shaw, A. Jonathan, 2000. "Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences" [1], The Bryologist 103 (2): 277-306.
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