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Sphagnum fallax H.Klinggr.

Syn.: Sphagnum apiculatum H.Lindb., Sphagnum apiculatum var. fallax (H.Klinggr.) C.E.O.Jensen, Sphagnum apiculatum var. fuscescens (C.E.O.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen, Sphagnum apiculatum var. pallescens (C.E.O.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen, Sphagnum apiculatum var. viride C.E.O.Jensen, Sphagnum cuspidatum subsp. fallax (H.Klinggr.) J.J.Amann

Reproductive morphology Unknown
Taxonomic group Subgenus Cuspidata
Sphagnum fallax H.Klinggr.
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Identification

Identification features

Taxonomy

Observation map

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Community Science

iNaturalist Observations

644 research-grade observations
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Microscopy Observations

209 observations with microscopy

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

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Sources

Literature & Papers

An annotated checklist of bryophytes of Europe, Macaronesia and Cyprus

2020 Hodgetts, N. G.; Söderström, L.; Blockeel, T. L. et al. Journal of Bryology 42(1), 1–116
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Sphagnaceae

2007 McQueen, C. B.; Andrus, R. E. Flora of North America North of Mexico 27, 45–101
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Further new combination in British and Irish mosses

1977 Smith, A. J. E. Journal of Bryology 9, 393–394
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Index Muscorum. 4 (P--S)

1967 Wijk, R. van der; Margadant, W. D.; Florschütz, P. A. Regnum Vegetabile 48, 604 pp
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Studies on Sphagnum L. I. Nomenclatural revision of the European taxa

1966 Isoviita, P. Annales Botanici Fennici 3, 199–264
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