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Protosphagnum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Protosphagnales †

Species
  
P. nervatum †

Rank
  
Genus

Division
  
Bryophyta

Family
  
Protosphagnaceae †

Scientific name
  
Protosphagnum nervatum

Subclass
  
Sphagnopsida

Similar
  
Sphagnopsida, Ambuchanania, Andreaeobryum, Oedipodium, Dawsonia

Protosphagnum nervatum is the only known species of order Protosphagnales. In many ways, it resembles the living moss genus Sphagnum, though its leaf cells are not as strongly dimorphic as in Sphagnum.

References

Protosphagnum Wikipedia