Protosphagnum Explained

Protosphagnum nervatum is the only known species of order Protosphagnales. It is only known from the Permian fossil record. In many ways, it resembles the living moss genus Sphagnum, though its leaf cells are not as strongly dimorphic as in Sphagnum.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oostendorp, Cora . 1987 . The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic . Bryophytum Bibliotheca . 34 . 3-443-62006-X .

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