The Sphagnales is an order of
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
es with four living genera: ''
Ambuchanania'', ''
Eosphagnum'', ''
Flatbergium'', and ''
Sphagnum
''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store water, since ...
''.
The genus ''Sphagnum'' contains the largest number of species currently discovered (about 200, number varying according to the various authors). The other genera are currently limited to one species each.
References
Moss orders
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