Species profile
Last updated: 23.07.2026
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Flatbergium sericeum (Müll.Hal.) A.J.Shaw
Syn.: Sphagnopsis sericea (Müll.Hal.) Trevis., Sphagnum holleanum Dozy & Molk., Sphagnum sericeum Müll.Hal., Sphagnum seriolum Müll.Hal., Sphagnopsis sericea (Müll. Hal.) Trevis., Sphagnum sericeum Müll. Hal., Sphagnum seriolum Müll. Hal.
Reproductive morphology
Unknown
Taxonomic group
Genus Flatbergium
The sole species of the genus Flatbergium, separated from Sphagnum in 2010.
Identification
Identification features
Macroscopic
Normally green, slender plants. However, I recently observed a small orange population.
Taxonomy
Distribution regions
Distribution & observations
The known range with recorded observations on top.
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Images for identification
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Macroscopic Sphagnum and Habitat Photos
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iNaturalist Observations
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research-grade observations
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Literature & Papers
Newly resolved relationships in an early land plant lineage: Bryophyta class Sphagnopsida (peat mosses)
In A Checklist of the Mosses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
Sphagnales of tropical Asia
Sphagnorum novorum descriptio
Carestiaea, nuovo genere di Andreäacee
Bijdrage tot de anatomie en phytographie der Sphagna
Sphagnum sericeum, eine neue Art der Battalander auf Sumatra
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