Sphagnum affineRenauld & Cardot

imbricate bog-mosssphagnum

WFO wfo-0001185491 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Sphagnum affine, photographed by Lauren McLaurin
fig. a Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-13 / obs. 182849052
Sphagnum affine, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. b Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39641363
Sphagnum affine, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. c Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85938466

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Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sphagnum affine f. degenerans (Warnst.) G.Roth
  • Sphagnum affine var. affine
  • Sphagnum affine var. flagellare (Schlieph. ex Röll) L.Söderstr. & Hedenäs
  • Sphagnum austinii var. affine (Renauld & Cardot) Röll
  • Sphagnum austinii var. congestum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum austinii var. flagellare Schlieph. ex Röll
  • Sphagnum austinii var. roemeri (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. congestum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. roemeri Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium subsp. affine (Renauld & Cardot) Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. congestum (Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. roemeri (Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum degenerans Warnst.
  • Sphagnum degenerans var. immersum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum imbricatum f. congestum (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum imbricatum f. degenerans (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum imbricatum subsp. affine (Renauld & Cardot) Flatberg
  • Sphagnum imbricatum var. affine (Renauld & Cardot) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum imbricatum var. congestum (Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum imbricatum var. flagellare (Schlieph. ex Röll) Cardot
  • Sphagnum imbricatum var. laeve Warnst.
  • Sphagnum imbricatum var. roemeri (Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum klinggraeffii var. squarrosulum Röll
  • Sphagnum palustre var. affine (Renauld & Cardot) Bott.

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.