Sphagnum cuspidatumEhrh. ex Hoffm.

toothed sphagnum

WFO wfo-0001185685 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by 國立臺灣博物館
fig. a 國立臺灣博物館, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-15 / obs. 176620981
Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170179849
Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by James Clow
fig. c James Clow, CC0 1.0 / obs. 129802573
Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. d Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 114051717
Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. e Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 82536787
Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by Austin Pursley
fig. f Austin Pursley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 65837347
Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by George Greiff
fig. g George Greiff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58587060
Sphagnum cuspidatum, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. h Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41516549

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Also published as 138 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 acutifolium var. cuspidatum (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Brid.
  • Sphagnum aloysii-sabaudiae G.Negri
  • Sphagnum bernieri Besch. ex Renauld & Cardot
  • Sphagnum bohemicum Jež.
  • Sphagnum capillaceum var. cuspidatum (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Wahlenb.
  • Sphagnum capillifolium var. cuspidatum (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Brid.
  • Sphagnum cuspidatiforme Breutel
  • Sphagnum cuspidatulum var. trengganense A.Johnson
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum Renauld
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum f. molle Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum f. pumilum Grav. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum f. serrulatum (Schlieph.) Pilous
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum subf. capitatum Wheldon
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum subf. densum Ingham & Wheldon
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum subf. polyphyllum (Schlieph.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum subf. pumilum (Grav. ex Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum subsp. laxifolium (Müll.Hal.) Lindb.
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum var. acutifolium (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum var. deflexum Röll
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum var. dimorphum Röll
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum var. falcatum Russow
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum var. flaccidifolium (Dixon ex A.Johnson) A.Eddy
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum var. flagellare Röll
  • Sphagnum cuspidatum var. flagellare Bott.

and 114 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.