Sphagnum magellanicumBrid.

Magellan's SphagnumMagellan's sphagnumMagellanic Bog Moss

WFO wfo-0001189800 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by Pablo
fig. a Pablo, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-03 / obs. 178113998
Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by Pablo
fig. b Pablo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172280872
Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by María Regina Silva
fig. c María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 37284877
Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by John Brew
fig. d John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31554509
Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by John Brew
fig. e John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31959669
Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by Andrew J. Crawford
fig. f Andrew J. Crawford, CC0 1.0 / obs. 29646414
Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 31066261
Sphagnum magellanicum, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. h Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182455992

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Also published as 17 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 andinum Hampe
  • Sphagnum arboreum Schimp. ex Warnst.
  • Sphagnum aureum C.B.McQueen
  • Sphagnum bicolor Besch.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. brachycladum Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. magellanicum (Brid.) P.Beauv.
  • Sphagnum grandirete Warnst.
  • Sphagnum loricatum Müll.Hal.
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. brachycladum Bott.
  • Sphagnum medium var. brachycladum Cardot
  • Sphagnum monzonense Warnst.
  • Sphagnum monzonense var. pallidosubfuscum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum palustre subsp. magellanicum (Brid.) Bott.
  • Sphagnum stewartii Warnst.
  • Sphagnum tursum Müll.Hal.
  • Sphagnum vesiculare Müll.Hal. & Warnst.
  • Sphagnum wallisii Müll.Hal.

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.