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Flatbergium

Flatbergium is a genus of moss with two accepted species. Flatbergium sericeum and Flatbergium novo-caledoniae, originally described as species of Sphagnum, are now considered part of this separate genus on the basis of genetic differences.

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Flatbergium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Sphagnopsida
Order: Sphagnales
Family: Flatbergiaceae
A.J.Shaw1
Genus: Flatbergium
A.J.Shaw1
Species

F. sericeum
F. novo-caledoniae

Synonyms2
  • Isocladus Lindb.

Flatbergium is a genus of moss with two accepted species.3 Flatbergium sericeum and Flatbergium novo-caledoniae, originally described as species of Sphagnum, are now considered part of this separate genus on the basis of genetic differences.

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References

  1. Shaw, A. Jonathan; Cox, Cymon J.; Buck, William R.; Devos, Nicolas; Buchanan, Alex M.; Cave, Lynette; Seppelt, Rodney; Shaw, Blanka; Larraín, Juan; Andrus, Richard; Greilhuber, Johann; Temsch, Eva M. (2010). "Newly resolved relationships in an early land plant lineage: Bryophyta class Sphagnopsida (peat mosses)". American Journal of Botany. 97 (9): 1511–1531. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000055. hdl:10161/4194. PMID 21616905.
  2. Tropicos, Isocladus Lindb.
  3. Shaw, A. Jonathan; Devos, Nicolas; Lyu, Yang; Cox, Cymon J.; Goffinet, Bernard; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Shaw, Blanka (2016). "Organellar phylogenomics of an emerging model system: Sphagnum (peatmoss)" (PDF). Annals of Botany. 118 (2): 185–196. doi:10.1093/aob/mcw086. PMID 27268484.