| Taxon | Sphagnopsida |
|---|---|
| Authority | Ochyra |
| Subdivision ranks | Orders |
| Subdivision |
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.
References
- ^ Renzaglia, K. S.; Browning, W. B.; Merced, A. (2020). "With over 60 Independent Losses, Stomata Are Expendable in Mosses". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 567. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00567. PMC 7270291. PMID 32547571
- Shaw, A. Jonathan (2000). "Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences". The Bryologist. 103 (2): 277–306.