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The Sphagnales is an order of mosses with four living genera: Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, Flatbergium, and Sphagnum. 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.

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  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumBryophyta
  3. ClassSphagnopsida
  4. OrderSphagnales
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded1,276,686

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The Sphagnales is an order of mosses with four living genera: Ambuchanania, Eosphagnum, Flatbergium, and Sphagnum. 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.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sphagnales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.