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Sphagnum rubellum

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Internal ID UUID644078f55fbc6412201426
Scientific name Sphagnum rubellum
Authority Wilson
First published in Bryol. Brit. 19. pl. 60 1855

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Sphagnum capillifolium var. tenellum (Schimp.) H.A.Crum Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 11: 90 1975
Sphagnum acutifolium subsp. rubellum (Wilson) Hérib. Mém. Acad. Sci. Clermont-Ferrand 14: 445 1899
Sphagnum acutifolium subsp. tenellum (Schimp.) Meyl. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 41: 74 1905
Sphagnum acutifolium var. rubellum (Wilson) Russow Arch. Naturk. Liv- Ehst- Kurlands, Ser. 2, Biol. Naturk. 7: 119 1865
Sphagnum acutifolium var. tenellum Schimp. Mém. Hist. Nat. Sphaignes 64 1857
Sphagnum acutiforme var. tenellum (Schimp.) Schlieph. & Warnst. Flora 67: 605 1884
Sphagnum capillaceum var. tenellum (Schimp.) A.L.Andrews N. Amer. Fl. 15: 28 1913
Sphagnum quinquefarium var. rubellum (Wilson) Warnst. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 45: 141 1895
Sphagnum rubellum var. tenellum (Schimp.) Breidl. Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 28: 13 1891
Sphagnum schliephackeanum var. tenellum (Schimp.) Roll Flora 69: 44 1886
Sphagnum tenellum var. purpurascens Warnst. Nov. Stirp. Pug.
Sphagnum tenellum var. rubrum Grav. Nov. Stirp. Pug.
Sphagnum tenellum var. versicolor Warnst. Nov. Stirp. Pug.
Sphagnum tenellum var. pallidoglaucescens Warnst. Schriften Naturf. Ges. Danzig 9(2): 154 1897
Sphagnum wilsonii var. flagellare Roll Hedwigia 46: 210 1907
Sphagnum acutifolium f. flavum C.E.O.Jensen Nov. Stirp. Pug. 1884
Sphagnum andersonianum R.E.Andrus Bryologist 83: 60. 1980.
Sphagnum rubellum var. flagellare (Röll) Bott. Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 5, 13(1): 35. 1919.
Sphagnum rubellum var. flavum (C.E.O.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 91. 1890.
Sphagnum rubellum var. pallidoglaucescens (Warnst.) Horrell J. Bot. 38: 219. 1900.
Sphagnum rubellum var. purpurascens (Warnst.) Horrell J. Bot. 38: 219. 1900.
Sphagnum rubellum var. rubrum (Grav. ex Warnst.) Horrell J. Bot. 41: 182. 1903.
Sphagnum rubellum var. versicolor (Warnst.) Warnst. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 41: 37. 1899.
Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. rubellum (Wilson) M.O.Hill Check-list Cens. Cat. Brit. Irish Bryoph.: 26. 1998.
Sphagnum acutiforme Schlieph. & Warnst. Flora 67: 495. 1884.
Sphagnum acutiforme var. rubellum (Wilson) Warnst. Flora 67: 605. 1884.
Sphagnum nemoreum subsp. rubellum (Wilson) Bott. Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 5, 13(1): 20. 1919.
Sphagnum tenellum var. rubellum (Wilson) H.Klinggr. Schriften Königl. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsberg 13: 4. 1872.
Sphagnum wilsonii Röll Flora 69: 79. 1886.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. rubellum (Wilson) Röll Flora 69: 79. 1886.
Sphagnum capillifolium var. rubellum (Wilson) A.Eddy Handb. Eur. Sphagna: 96. 1985.
Sphagnum nemoreum var. rubellum (Wilson) Brizi Malpighia 4: 282. 1890.
Sphagnum purpureum C.E.O.Jensen Festskrift, Udgivet af den Botaniske Forening i Kjøbenhavn: 91 1890
Sphagnum tenellum (Schimp.) H.Klinggr. Schriften Königl. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Königsberg 13: 4. 1872.
Sphagnum acutifolium var. immersum Schlieph. Hedwigia 23: 117. 1884.
Sphagnum acutiforme f. flavum C.E.O.Jensen Hedwigia 23: 118. 1884.
Sphagnum fuscum var. schimperi Röll ex Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 73. 1911.
Sphagnum molle f. densum Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 132. 1911.
Sphagnum nemoreum var. tenellum (Schimp.) Venturi & Bott. Atti Soc. Crittog. Ital. 3: 226. 1884.
Sphagnum plumulosum var. immersum (Schlieph.) Röll Flora 69: 92. 1886.
Sphagnum rubellum var. carneum Warnst. Krypt.-Fl. Brandenburg, Leber- & Torfm.: 427. 1903.
Sphagnum rubellum f. pallescens (Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 75. 1911.
Sphagnum rubellum var. patulum (Röll) Bott. Atti Reale Accad. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 5, 13(1): 35. 1919.
Sphagnum rubellum var. porosum Mosén Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 38(3): 28. 1873.
Sphagnum rubellum var. purpureum C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 91. 1890.
Sphagnum rubellum f. robustum Wheldon Syn. Eur. Sphagna: 8. 1917.
Sphagnum rubellum var. rubescens Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 76. 1911.
Sphagnum rubellum var. sordidum Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 76. 1911.
Sphagnum rubellum var. violaceum Warnst. ex C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 91. 1890.
Sphagnum rubellum var. violascens Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 76 (Sphagnol. Univ. 76). 1911.
Sphagnum rubellum var. viride (Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 91. 1890.
Sphagnum schimperi var. gracile Röll Flora 69: 40. 1886.
Sphagnum schimperi var. tenellum Röll Flora 69: 40. 1886.
Sphagnum tenellum var. flavum (C.E.O.Jensen) C.E.O.Jensen Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 106. 1888.
Sphagnum tenellum var. pallescens Warnst. Bot. Gaz. 15: 137. 1890.
Sphagnum tenellum var. quinquefarium (Röll) Paris Index Bryol. Suppl.: 311. 1900.
Sphagnum tenellum var. viride Warnst. Bot. Gaz. 15: 137. 1890.
Sphagnum tenellum var. virescens Warnst. Sitzungsber. Naturf.-Ges. Dorpat 10: 428. 1894.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. brachycladum Röll Hedwigia 60: 44. 1918.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. capitatum Röll Hedwigia 64: 20. 1923.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. compactum Röll Hedwigia 44: 47. 1904.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. contortum Röll Hedwigia 46: 210. 1907.
Sphagnum wilsonii f. densum Warnst. ex Röll Flora 69: 79. 1886.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. falcatum Röll Hedwigia 64: 20. 1923.
Sphagnum wilsonii f. gracile Röll Flora 69: 79. 1886.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. immersum (Schlieph.) Röll Hedwigia 56: 58. 1915.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. microphyllum Röll Hedwigia 60: 34. 1918.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. molluscum Röll Hedwigia 46: 209. 1907.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. patulum Röll Hedwigia 46: 210. 1907.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. quinquefarium Röll Bot. Centralbl. 46: 252. 1891.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. strictiforme Röll Hedwigia 46: 209. 1907.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. submersum Röll Hedwigia 56: 58. 1915.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. tenellum (Schimp.) Röll Flora 69: 79. 1886.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. teres Röll Hedwigia 56: 58. 1915.
Sphagnum acutifolium var. tenue Braithw. Sphagnac. Eur.: 73. 1880.
Sphagnum rubellum var. pallescens C.E.O.Jensen Festskr. Bot. Foren. Kjøbenhavn: 91. 1890.
Sphagnum rubellum f. pallidoglaucescens (Warnst.) Warnst. Pflanzenr. 51: 75. 1911.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. densum (Warnst. ex Röll) Röll Hedwigia 59: 293. 1917.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. gracile (Röll) Röll Hedwigia 42(Beibl.): 26. 1903.
Sphagnum wilsonii var. compactum Röll Hedwigia 46: 209. 1907.
Sphagnum rubellum var. pallescens (Warnst.) Warnst.

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Language Common/alternative name
English red bog-moss
English anderson's sphagnum
Czech rašeliník červený
German rotes torfmoos
German rötliches torfmoos
Estonian punane turbasammal
Finnish rusorahkasammal
French sphaigne rougeâtre
Dutch rood veenmos
Norwegian Nynorsk raudtorvmose
Polish torfowiec czerwonawy
Swedish rubinvitmossa
Chinese 红叶泥炭藓

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001190125
USDA Plants SPRU4
Tropicos 35175395
INPN 6784
The Plant List tro-35175395
Open Tree Of Life 72531
Observations.org 17624
NCBI Taxonomy 128231
Nature Serve 2.123703
iNaturalist 132815
GBIF 2668995
EOL 928398
Elurikkus 7383
Wikipedia Sphagnum_rubellum
USDA Plants SPAN9
Tropicos 35168059
The Plant List tro-35168059
Open Tree Of Life 1059429
NCBI Taxonomy 128178
Nature Serve 2.121855
iNaturalist 169198
GBIF 2669227
EOL 927640
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0021600422

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GCA_965644475.1 csSphRube1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-07-28 52 406.53 Mb

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Exploring the Metatranscriptome of Bacterial Communities of Two Moss Species Thriving in Different Environments—Terrestrial and Aquatic Baev V, Gecheva G, Apostolova E, Gozmanova M, Yahubyan G Plants (Basel) 26-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085137
doi:10.3390/plants13091210
PMID:38732425
Soil organic matter carbon chemistry signatures, hydrophobicity and humification index following land use change in temperate peat soils Samuel Obeng A, Dunne J, Giltrap M, Tian F Heliyon 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10472004
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19347
PMID:37662816
Short stories from Sphagnum of rare species, taxonomy, and speciation Kyrkjeeide MO, Meleshko O, Flatberg KI, Hassel K Ecol Evol 20-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10361360
doi:10.1002/ece3.10356
PMID:37484930
Intra‐ and interspecific variation in spectral properties of dominant Sphagnum moss species in boreal peatlands Salko S, Juola J, Burdun I, Vasander H, Rautiainen M Ecol Evol 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10261972
doi:10.1002/ece3.10197
PMID:37325720
Anti-Planktonic and Anti-Biofilm Properties of Pentacyclic Triterpenes—Asiatic Acid and Ursolic Acid as Promising Antibacterial Future Pharmaceuticals Sycz Z, Tichaczek-Goska D, Wojnicz D Biomolecules 07-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8774094
doi:10.3390/biom12010098
PMID:35053246
New European Discovery of Splachnum pensylvanicum (Bryophyta, Splachnaceae) in Lithuania, with Taxonomic Notes and a Review of Its World Distribution Ochyra R, Jukonienė I, Plášek V, Sprainaitytė S Plants (Basel) 20-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8705797
doi:10.3390/plants10122823
PMID:34961294
Determinism of nonadditive litter mixture effect on decomposition: Role of the moisture content of litters Gogo S, Leroy F, Zocatelli R, Jacotot A, Laggoun‐Défarge F Ecol Evol 21-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8293766
doi:10.1002/ece3.7771
PMID:34306640
Bryo-Activities: A Review on How Bryophytes Are Contributing to the Arsenal of Natural Bioactive Compounds against Fungi Commisso M, Guarino F, Marchi L, Muto A, Piro A, Degola F Plants (Basel) 21-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7911284
doi:10.3390/plants10020203
PMID:33494524
Genomic Assemblies of Members of Burkholderia and Related Genera as a Resource for Natural Product Discovery Mullins AJ, Jones C, Bull MJ, Webster G, Parkhill J, Connor TR, Murray JA, Challis GL, Mahenthiralingam E Microbiol Resour Announc 15-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7561682
doi:10.1128/MRA.00485-20
PMID:33060263
Interlinking moss functional traits. A commentary on: ‘Mechanisms behind species-specific water economy responses to water level drawdown in peat mosses’ Hájek T Ann Bot 26-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7392101
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa108
PMID:32588043
Variation in symbiotic N2 fixation rates among Sphagnum mosses van den Elzen E, Bengtsson F, Fritz C, Rydin H, Lamers LP PLoS One 04-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7001857
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228383
PMID:32017783
A new cell morphotype among methane oxidizers: a spiral-shaped obligately microaerophilic methanotroph from northern low-oxygen environments Danilova OV, Suzina NE, Van De Kamp J, Svenning MM, Bodrossy L, Dedysh SN ISME J 08-Apr-2016
PMCID:PMC5113839
doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.48
PMID:27058508
Chemical Composition Analysis, Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity Screening of Moss Extracts (Moss Phytochemistry) Klavina L, Springe G, Nikolajeva V, Martsinkevich I, Nakurte I, Dzabijeva D, Steinberga I Molecules 18-Sep-2015
PMCID:PMC6331942
doi:10.3390/molecules200917221
PMID:26393559
Predicting climate change effects on wetland ecosystem services using species distribution modeling and plant functional traits Moor H, Hylander K, Norberg J Ambio 09-Jan-2015
PMCID:PMC4288999
doi:10.1007/s13280-014-0593-9
PMID:25576286
The Moss Flora of Akdağ Mountain (Amasya, Turkey) Canli K, Çetin B ScientificWorldJournal 23-Dec-2014
PMCID:PMC4284982
doi:10.1155/2014/860379
PMID:25587573

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