Order Protosphagnales † Species P. nervatum † Rank Genus | Division Bryophyta Family Protosphagnaceae † Scientific name Protosphagnum nervatum | |
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.
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