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Taxon: Class Sphagnopsida Schimp. (1857) (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  W. Schimper, 1857
Original name & rank:  Schimper, W. 1857. Mém. Hist. Nat. Sphaignes: 12. ["Sphagninae"].
Subsequent publication:  Schimper, W. 1860. Syn. Musc. Europ.: 671 ("Sphagna seu si mavis Plantae sphagninae Classem ..."). ≡

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon: Sphagnales (Order) Limpr.

Variants

Different rank: Sphagneae (Infraphylum) (auct.) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)
Different rank: Sphagnidae (Subclass)
Different rank: Sphagnobrya (Subclass)

Synonyms

Isonym: Sphagnopsida (Class) Ochyra (2003), nom. inval. Ref: Ochyra et al., 2006: 120.
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