Sphagnopsida
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| A clump of Sphagnum, peat moss | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Subdivision: | Sphagnophytina |
| Class: | Sphagnopsida Ochyra |
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Sphagnopsida is a class of mosses that includes a single subclass Sphagnidae, with two orders. The order Sphagnales contains four living genera: Sphagnum, with all but three of the species, and Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, each with a single species. The Protosphagnales contains a single fossil species.
| The phylogenetic position of the Sphagnopsida among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.[1][2] |
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References[]
- ^ Goffinet, B.; W. R. Buck & A. J. Shaw (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Bernard Goffinet & A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 9780521872256.
- ^ Goffinet, Bernard; William R. Buck (2004). "Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification". Monographs in Systematic Botany. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. 98: 205–239. ISBN 1-930723-38-5.
- Shaw, A. Jonathan (2000). "Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences". The Bryologist. 103 (2): 277–306.
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