Eosphagnum

Eosphagnum inretortum is a species of moss, and the only species of the genus Eosphagnum. Originally described as a species of Sphagnum, it is now a separate genus on the basis of morphological and genetic differences.

Eosphagnum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Subclass: Sphagnidae
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Ambuchananiaceae
Genus: Eosphagnum
A.J.Shaw[1]
Species:
E. inretortum
Binomial name
Eosphagnum inretortum
(H.A.Crum)[2] A.J.Shaw[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphagnum inretortum H.A.Crum

References
  1. Shaw, A. J.; Cox, C. J.; Buck, W. R.; Devos, N.; Buchanan, A. M.; Cave, L.; Seppelt, R.; Shaw, B.; Larrain, J.; Andrus, R.; Greilhuber, J.; Temsch, E. M. (2010). "Newly resolved relationships in an early land plant lineage: Bryophyta class Sphagnopsida (peat mosses)" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 97 (9): 1511–1531. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000055. hdl:10161/4194. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 21616905.
  2. Crum, Howard (1990). "Sphagnum inretortum, a New Species in a New Section from Bolivia". The Bryologist. 93 (3): 283–285. doi:10.2307/3243512. JSTOR 3243512.
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