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Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoffm.

Syn.: Sphagnum acutifolium var. cuspidatum (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Brid., Sphagnum aloysii-sabaudiae G.Negri, Sphagnum alpinum Schrank, Sphagnum bernieri Besch., Sphagnum bernieri Besch. ex Renauld & Cardot, Sphagnum bohemicum Jež.

Reproductive morphology Unknown
Taxonomic group Section Cuspidata
Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Contents
Identification

Identification features

Taxonomy

Distribution regions

Distribution Map

The demarcation of regions follows Margadant & Florschütz (1967), adapted with modifications from Sjögren (2001). · View source map on uMap

Observation map

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Community Science

iNaturalist Observations

723 research-grade observations
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Microscopy Observations

190 observations with microscopy

From the Sphagnum with Slides project: community-submitted microscopy images for identification.

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Sources

Literature & Papers

The Sphagnum species of the world

2019 Michaelis, D. Bibliotheca Botanica 162, 1–435
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In A Checklist of the Mosses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

2000 Crosby, M. R.; Magill, R. E.; Allen, B. H. et al. A Checklist of the Mosses
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A checklist of the Brazilian bryophytes

1996 Yano, O. Boletim do Instituto de Botânica (São Paulo) 10, 47–232
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Checklist of the mosses of Canada II

1987 Ireland, Jr., R. R.; Brassard, G. R.; Schofield, W. B. et al. Lindbergia 13, 1–62
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In A Conspectus of the Mosses of Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Southern South America. British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge.

1986 Greene, D. M. A Conspectus of the Mosses of Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Southern South America
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