Sphagnopsida

Taxobox
name = Sphagnopsida
fossil_range = Permian to recent

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = a clump of "Sphagnum", peat moss
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Bryophyta
classis = Sphagnopsida
classis_authority = (Engl.) Ochyra
subclassis = Sphagnidae
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
Protosphagnales †
Sphagnales
Ambuchananiales

The Sphagnopsida includes a single subclass Sphagnidae, with three orders. The order Sphagnales contains only the genus "Sphagnum", with all but two of the species. The order Ambuchananiales contains a single living species, and Protosphagnales contains a single fossil species.

References

* Shaw, A. Jonathan, 2000. "Phylogeny of the Sphagnopsida Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences" [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&issn=0007-2745&volume=103&issue=02&page=0277&ct=1] , "The Bryologist" 103 (2): 277-306.