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The genus Sphagnum is in the family Sphagnaceae in the major group Bryophytes (Mosses and liverworts).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphagnum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Sphagnum affine Renauld & Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum africanum Welw. & Duby	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum andrusii (H.A. Crum) Flatberg	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum angermanicum Melin	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum angustifolium (Warnst.) C.E.O. Jensen	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum annulatum Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum aongstroemii C. Hartm.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum austinii Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum australe Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum balticum (Russow) C.E.O. Jensen	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum bartlettianum Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum beccarii Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum boliviae Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum bordasii Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum brasiliense Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum brevifolium (Lindb.) Roll	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum brevirameum Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum camusii (Cardot) Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum capense Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum carolinianum R.E. Andrus	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum centrale C.E.O. Jensen	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum ceylonicum Mitt. ex Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum compactum Lam. & DC.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum concinnum (Berggr.) Flatberg	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum cribrosum Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum cristatum Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum cuspidatulum Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoffm.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum cyclophyllum Sull. & Lesq.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum davidii Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum denticulatum Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum falcatulum Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum fallax H. Klinggr.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum fitzgeraldii Renauld & Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum flavicomans (Cardot) Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum flexuosum Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum fuscum (Schimp.) H. Klinggr.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum girgensohnii Russow	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum gomezii H.A. Crum	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum henryense Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum imbricatum Hornsch. ex Russow	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum inexspectatum Flatberg	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum intermedium (Warnst.) Russow	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum inundatum Russow	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum isophyllum (Russow) Russow	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum itatiaiae Müll. Hal. & Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum jensenii H. Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum junghuhnianum Dozy & Molk.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum khasianum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum lenense H. Lindb. ex L.I. Savicz	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum lescurii Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum limbatum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum lindbergii Schimp.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum livonicum (Russow ex Warnst.) G. Roth	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum longistolo Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum luzonense Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum macrophyllum Bernh. ex Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum majus (Russow) C.E.O. Jensen	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum mendocinum Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum meridense (Hampe) Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum microcarpum Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum microporum Warnst. ex Cardot	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum molle Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum molliculum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum nemoreum Scop.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum nitidum Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum novo-caledoniae Paris & Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum novo-zelandicum Mitt.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum obtusiusculum Lindb. ex Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum obtusum Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum orientale L.I. Savicz	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum oxyphyllum Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum palustre L.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum papillosum Lindb.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum patulum (Schimp.) Roll	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum perichaetiale Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum platyphyllum (Lindb.) Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum plumulosum Roll	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum portoricense Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum pulchrum (Lindb.) Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum pycnocladulum Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum pylaesii Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum quinquefarium (Lindb.) Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum recurvum P. Beauv.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum reichardtii Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum riparium Ångström	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum robinsonii Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum robustum (Warnst.) Roll	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum rotundatum Müll. Hal. & Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum rubellum Wilson	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum russowii Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum rutenbergii Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum schliephackeanum (Warnst.) Roll	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum scorpioides (Hampe) H.A. Crum	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum semisquarrosum (Russow) Lepage	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum sericeum Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum sparsum Hampe	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum speciosum (Russow) H. Klinggr.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum squarrosum Crome	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum steerei R.E. Andrus	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum strictum Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum subobesum Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum subovalifolium Müll. Hal. & Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum subsecundum Nees	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum subtile (Russow) Warnst.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum tenellum (Brid.) Brid.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum tenerum Sull. & Lesq. ex Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum teres (Schimp.) Ångström	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum torreyanum Sull.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum triangulare (Mamczar) N.O. Fred.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum trinitense Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum truncatum Hornsch.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum tumidulum Besch.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum violascens Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum warnstorfii Russow	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum wheeleri Müll. Hal.	Accepted		TRO
Sphagnum wulfianum Girg.	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 896 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphagnum. Of these 120 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 929 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphagnum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 896 species names for the genus Sphagnum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	120	13.4%
◕	Synonym	457	51.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	319	35.6%

All names

The status of the 1,825 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphagnum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	306	16.8%
◕	Synonym	1,065	58.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	454	24.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 896 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sphagnum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	120	457	0	0	577	64.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	319	319	35.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Sphagnum, are as follows: