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Sphagnaceae

Sphagnaceae

Taxonomy
Sphagnaceae was named by Dumortier (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bryophyta by Dumortier (1829); and to Sphagnales by Cohn (1876).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Sphagnaceae Dumortier
1876Sphagnaceae Cohn p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
RankNameAuthor
familySphagnaceae
familySphagnaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Sphagnaceae Dumortier 1829
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Distalanulisporites triangulus Mathur and Chopra 1982
G. †Sphagnites Cookson
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Sphagnites antiquasporites Cranwell and Srivastava 2009
G. Sphagnum Linnaeus 1753 [peat moss]
G. †Sphagnumsporites Raatz 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available