Sphagnopsida Temporal range:
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A clump of Sphagnum, peat moss | |
Scientific classification | |
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. It is estimated it originated about 465 million years ago, along with Takakia.[1] The order Sphagnales contains four living genera: Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, and Flatbergium, which counts four species in total, and Sphagnum which contains the rest of the species. The extinct Protosphagnales contains a single fossil species.
class Sphagnopsida
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The phylogenetic position of the Sphagnopsida among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.[2][3] |