Sphagnum

Summary

Sphagnum is a taxon^[1]. Sphagnum ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,174 views/month, #1,145 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sphagnum's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Sphagnum is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Sphagnum belongs to the parent taxon Sphagnaceae^[5].
• Sphagnum's scientific name is Sphagnum^[6].
• Sphagnum's Commons category is recorded as Sphagnum^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Sphagnum is Sphagnum palustre^[8].
• Sphagnum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sphagnum^[9].
• Sphagnum's Commons gallery is recorded as Sphagnum^[10].
• Sphagnum's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[11].
• Sphagnum's described by source is recorded as Q28025516^[12].
• Sphagnum's described by source is recorded as Mining Encyclopedia^[13].
• Sphagnum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• Sphagnum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sphagnum'}^[15].
• Sphagnum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Veenmos'}^[16].
• Sphagnum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '泥炭藓属'}^[17].
• Sphagnum's studied by is recorded as sphagnology^[18].

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Classification

Sphagnum's scientific name is Sphagnum^[6]. Sphagnum is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Sphagnum is classified within Sphagnaceae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Sphagnum is Sphagnum palustre^[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sphagnum'}^[15], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Veenmos'}^[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '泥炭藓属'}^[17].

Identifiers

Sphagnum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54704^[19]. Sphagnum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13804^[20]. Sphagnum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2668958^[21]. Sphagnum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 15683^[22].

Why It Matters

Sphagnum ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,174 views/month, #1,145 of 195,241).^[2] Sphagnum has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Sphagnum is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]