Sphagnum Linnaeus 1753 (peat moss)

Sphagnum - Sphagnaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Sphagnaceae according to Dumortier 1829

See also Chauhan 1991

Sister taxa: Distalanulisporites, Sphagnites, Sphagnumsporites

Subtaxa: none

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (20 collections), India (4), United States (6: Michigan, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Portugal (8), United States (1: Massachusetts)

• Miocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Massachusetts)

• Neogene of United States (1: Massachusetts)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (2)

• Eocene of New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (1)

• Tertiary of Canada (1: Nunavut)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (6), United States (9: Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)

Total: 74 collections including 76 occurrences

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