The name Sphagnum is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Botany
Zoology

Sphagnum

Botany

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Taxonomy

Species

Sphagnum aciphyllum Müll.Hal. 14 5

Sphagnum acutifolioides Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum affine Renauld & Cardot 51 3

Sphagnum albescens Hübener 1

Sphagnum albicans Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum alegrense Warnst. 1

Sphagnum amblyphyllum (Russow) Zick. 163 19

Sphagnum americanum Warnst. 1

Sphagnum amoenum Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum andinum Hampe 2 2

Sphagnum angermanicum Melin 3 2

Sphagnum angstroemii Hartm. 7 1

Sphagnum angustifolium (Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen 126 39

Sphagnum angustilimbatum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum annulatum H. Lindb. ex Warnst. 5

Sphagnum antarcticum Mitt. 3 2

Sphagnum antillarum Besch. 10 7

Sphagnum aongstroemii C.Hartm. 3

Sphagnum apiculatum H.Lindb. 21

Sphagnum apollinairei Paris & Warnst. 5 4

Sphagnum arbogastii Renaud & Cardot 7 1

Sphagnum arboreum Schimp. ex Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum auriculatum Schimp. 965 101

Sphagnum austinii Sull. 11 8

Sphagnum austromolle Müll.Hal. 13 13

Sphagnum balfourianum Warnst. 6

Sphagnum balticum (Russ.) Russ. ex C. Jens. 16 2

Sphagnum bernieri Besch. 9

Sphagnum bescherellei Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum bessonii Warnst. 1

Sphagnum bicolor Besch. 13 11

Sphagnum bordasii Besch. 1 1

Sphagnum brachybolax Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 8 8

Sphagnum brasiliense Warnst. 7 3

Sphagnum brevicaule Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum brevifolium (Braithw.) Röll. 1

Sphagnum brevirameum Hampe 3 3

Sphagnum brotherusii Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum bushii Warnst. & Cardot 1

Sphagnum caldense Müll.Hal. 2 1

Sphagnum callichroum Schimp. 1

Sphagnum campicolum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum capense Hornsch. 14 10

Sphagnum capillaceum Schrank 1

Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw. 323 55

Sphagnum cardotii Warnst. 4 3

Sphagnum cavernulosum Flatberg & Whinam 1 1

Sphagnum centrale C.E.O.Jensen 25 4

Sphagnum ceylonicum Mitt. ex Warnst. 6 3

Sphagnum chevalieri Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum commutatum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum compactum Lam. & DC. 757 68

Sphagnum complanatum Flatberg & Whinam 1 1

Sphagnum conflatum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum contortulum H.A.Crum 1 1

Sphagnum contortum Schultz 549 39

Sphagnum convolutum Warnst. 5 5

Sphagnum cordemoyi Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum coronatum Müll.Hal. 9 9

Sphagnum coryphaeum Warnst. 4 4

Sphagnum crassum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum cristatum Hampe 1

Sphagnum cuspidatulum Müll.Hal. 9 2

Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoffm. 837 109

Sphagnum cyclophyllum Sull. & Lesq. 14 12

Sphagnum dasyphyllum Warnst. 3 3

Sphagnum davidii Warnst. 3 3

Sphagnum decipiens Sull. & Lesq. 1

Sphagnum denticulatum Brid. 156 52

Sphagnum divinum Flatberg & K.Hassel 11

Sphagnum drepanocladum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum elegans Müll.Hal. 2 2

Sphagnum engelii H.A.Crum 1 1

Sphagnum ericetorum Brid. 1

Sphagnum erythrocalyx Hampe 19

Sphagnum eschowense Warnst. 4 4

Sphagnum cf. euspidatum 1

Sphagnum falcatulum Besch. 14 12

Sphagnum falcifolium G.Roth. 2 2

Sphagnum fallax H.Klinggr. 334 57

Sphagnum fitzgeraldii Renauld & Cardot 4 4

Sphagnum flaccidum Besch. 2 2

Sphagnum flavum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum fluctuosum 1 1

Sphagnum frimbriatum Wils. 1

Sphagnum fuscum (Schimp.) H.Klinggr. 204 17

Sphagnum gabonense Besch. 1

Sphagnum garberi Lesq. & James 2

Sphagnum gedeanum Dozy & Molk. 5 2

Sphagnum geheebii Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum gerstenbergeri Warnst. & Stolle 2 1

Sphagnum globicephalum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum gracile Michx. 1 1

Sphagnum grandifolium Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum grandirete Warnst. 5

Sphagnum gravetii Russow 247 30

Sphagnum guadalupense Schimp. 6 6

Sphagnum guyonii Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum helenicum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum henryense Warnst. 1

Sphagnum herminieri Schimp. ex Besch. 10 10

Sphagnum heterophyllum Warnst. 3 3

Sphagnum hildebrandtii Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum hollianum 1

Sphagnum humile Schimp. 2

Sphagnum husnotii Schimp. 13 13

Sphagnum hymenophyllophilum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum ikongoense Warnst. 3

Sphagnum indicum Brib. 1

Sphagnum insulosum Angström 3 2

Sphagnum intermedium (Warnst.) Russow 11 6

Sphagnum inundatum Russow 367 28

Sphagnum islei Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum isophyllum Russow 5

Sphagnum junghuhnianum Dozy & Molk. 22 4

Sphagnum kearneyi Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum keniae Dixon 1 1

Sphagnum khasianum Mitt. 4 4

Sphagnum kushiroense H.Suzuki 2 2

Sphagnum labradorense Warnst. 3

Sphagnum lacteolum Besch. 2

Sphagnum latifolium 28 8

Sphagnum laxifolium Müll.Hal. 12 1

Sphagnum laxirete Thér. 6

Sphagnum lehmannii Warnst. 1

Sphagnum lenense H.Lindb. 1

Sphagnum leratianum Paris & Warnst. 3 3

Sphagnum lescurii Sull. 21 1

Sphagnum lesueurii Warnst. 3 3

Sphagnum lindbergii Schimp. 54 13

Sphagnum longifolium Schimp. 1 1

Sphagnum longistolo Müll.Hal. 2 1

Sphagnum loricatum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum ludovicianum (Renauld & Cardot) Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum luzonense Warnst. 4

Sphagnum macrocephalum Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum macrophyllum Bernh. 7 2

Sphagnum madegassum Müll.Hal. 2 2

Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. 132 15

Sphagnum majus (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen 120 11

Sphagnum malaccense Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum mandonii Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum marginatum Schimp. ex Warnst. 3 3

Sphagnum mauritianum Warnst. 5

Sphagnum maximum Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum medium Limpr. 86 22

Sphagnum mendocinum Sull. 2 2

Sphagnum meridense (Hampe) Müll.Hal. 3 1

Sphagnum mexicanum Mitt. 3 3

Sphagnum microporum Warnst. 1

Sphagnum mollissimum Müll.Hal. 9 9

Sphagnum molluscoides Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum molluscum Bruch 66 27

Sphagnum monocladum Warnst. 3

Sphagnum mougeotii Schimp. 2

Sphagnum muelleri Schimp. 6 4

Sphagnum neglectum Ångstr. 1

Sphagnum negrense Mitt. 7 6

Sphagnum nemoreum Scop. 907 61

Sphagnum nitidulum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum novo-zelandicum Mitt. 2 2

Sphagnum oblongum P.Beauv. 2

Sphagnum obovatum Warnst. 1

Sphagnum obtusifolium Ehrh. 8 1

Sphagnum obtusiuculum Warnst. 1

Sphagnum obtusiusculum Lindb. ex Warnst. 36 9

Sphagnum oligodon Rehmann ex Müll.Hal. 3 3

Sphagnum ovalifolium Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum ovatum Hampe 1 1

Sphagnum oxycladum Warnst. 2 1

Sphagnum oxyphyllum Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum pallidum Warnst. 15 3

Sphagnum palustre L. 1614 263

Sphagnum panduraefolium Müll.Hal. 3 3

Sphagnum pappeanum Müll.Hal. 3 2

Sphagnum parvifolium (Sendtn. ex Warnst.) Warnst. 10 1

Sphagnum patens Brid. 2 2

Sphagnum pauciporosum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum perforatum Warnst. 1

Sphagnum perichaetiale Hampe 53 21

Sphagnum perrieri Thér. 6

Sphagnum peruvianum Mitt. 1 1

Sphagnum planifolium Müll.Hal. 7 4

Sphagnum platycladum Müll.Hal. 1

Sphagnum plicatum Warnst. 2 2

Sphagnum plumulosum Röll 45 8

Sphagnum portoricense Hampe 4 4

Sphagnum potierii H.K.G.Paul 3 3

Sphagnum potoricense Hampe 5

Sphagnum praemorsum Zenker & D.Dietr. 2 1

Sphagnum propinquum H.Lindb. 4 1

Sphagnum pseudocymbifolium Müll.Hal. 4 1

Sphagnum pseudorufescens Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum puiggari Müll.Hal. 1

Sphagnum pulchricoma Müll.Hal. 2 2

Sphagnum pulchrum Warnst. 34 1

Sphagnum pungens 38

Sphagnum purpuratum Müll.Hal. ex Warnst. 5 5

Sphagnum purpureum Schimp. ex Warnst. 2

Sphagnum pycnocladulum Müll.Hal. 4 4

Sphagnum pylaesii Brid. 162 19

Sphagnum quinquefarium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Warnst. 450 84

Sphagnum rehmannii Warnst. 5

Sphagnum reichardtii Hampe 6 5

Sphagnum rigescens Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum rigidulum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum riparium Ångstr. 132 43

Sphagnum rodriguezii Renauld & Cardot 1 1

Sphagnum roseum Warnst. 4 4

Sphagnum cf. rubellum Wilson 711 125

Sphagnum rubroflexuosum R.E.Andrus 1 1

Sphagnum rufescens (Nees & Hornsch.) Warnst. 149 36

Sphagnum russowii Warnst. 327 35

Sphagnum rutenbergii Müll.Hal. 8 1

Sphagnum salvanii Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum schimperi Röll 3

Sphagnum sedoides Brid. 11 4

Sphagnum seemannii Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum sericeum Müll.Hal. 8 2

Sphagnum serratifolium Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum serratum Aust. 2 1

Sphagnum simile Warnst. 1

Sphagnum sintenesii Müll.Hal. 2 2

Sphagnum sp. 168 6

Sphagnum sparsifolium Warnst. 10 10

Sphagnum sparsum Hampe 7 2

Sphagnum squarrosum Crome 661 114

Sphagnum squarrulosum Lesq. 3 2

Sphagnum strictum Sull. 22 4

Sphagnum subbicolor Hampe 28 10

Sphagnum subfulvum Sjörs 2

Sphagnum submolluscum Hampe 3 2

Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst. 1110 124

Sphagnum subrecurvum Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum subtursum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum tabulare Sull. 3 1

Sphagnum takedae Okam. 1

Sphagnum tenellum (Brid.) Bory 447 30

Sphagnum tenerum Sull. & Lesq. 10 2

Sphagnum tenue (Nees & Hornsch.) Dozy & Molk. 1 1

Sphagnum tenuifolium Warnst. 1

Sphagnum thailandense B.Hansen 1

Sphagnum thomsonii Müll.Hal. 2 2

Sphagnum tijucae Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum tonduzii Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum torreyanum Sull. 8 3

Sphagnum trachynotum Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum transvaaliense Müll.Hal. 1 1

Sphagnum trinitense Müll.Hal. 1

Sphagnum truncatum Hornsch. 8 5

Sphagnum tumidulum Besch. 58 5

Sphagnum turfaceum Warnst. 1

Sphagnum turgidum 12 3

Sphagnum vancouveriense Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum variegatum De Notaris 1

Sphagnum violascens Müll.Hal. 7

Sphagnum viride Flatberg 1

Sphagnum vogesiacum Warnst. 2

Sphagnum waghornei Warnst. 1

Sphagnum wallisii Müll.Hal. 2 2

Sphagnum warnstorfianum DuRietz 1

Sphagnum warnstorfii Russow 112 12

Sphagnum wattsii Warnst. 3 3

Sphagnum weddelianum Besch. ex Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum wulffii Girg. 6 5

Sphagnum wulfianum Girg. 11 1

Sphagnum zickendrathii Warnst. 1 1

Sphagnum ångströmii C.Hartm. 3

19329 Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Ass. Naturalistes Val. du Loing (ANVL)	60
Cons. et Jard. Bot. de Nancy (NCY)	1844
Cryptogams (PC)	16379
Gardens (JB)	4
Herbarium of harmas de J. H. Fabre (FABR)	15
M.H.N. d'Aix-en-Provence (AIX)	3
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU)	1003
University of Limoges (LIMO)	1
Vascular plants (P)	20

Sphagnum

Zoology

Taxonomy

Species

Sphagnum cuspidatum 1

Sphagnum palustre 1

Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Extractotheque (CX)	2