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Definition of Sphagnales
1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Bryopsida, Class Bryopsida, Class Musci, Musci
Member holonyms: Genus Sphagnum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphagnales
Literary usage of Sphagnales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"Three groups are recognized: (1) Sphagnales, ... (1) Sphagnales General character.
—These are the bog mosses, all of which belong to the single genus ..."
2. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"CHAPTER V THE MOSSES (MUSCI) : Sphagnales—ANDRE/EALES THE Mosses offer a marked
contrast to the Hepaticae, for while the latter are pre-eminently a ..."
3. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"Order I. Sphagnales The Sphagnales are represented by the single genus Sphagnum.
They are aquatic or semiaquatic Mosses of simpler structure than ..."
4. Manual of the Geology of Connecticut by William North Rice, Herbert Ernest Gregory (1908)
"Nova Scotia to Ohio, south to Florida and Louisiana; Europe. REF. Evans, 28, 173.
Howe, 48, 16. [Subclass Musci] ORDER Sphagnales FAMILY ..."
5. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"A. Sphagnales. Notwithstanding the strong divergence of their gametophytes, both
in form and in structure, ..."
6. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"The Mosses as a group have better differentiated gametophytes and sporophytes
than the Liverworts. The Mosses are divided into three groups, Sphagnales, ..."
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