Sphagnum mediumLimpr.

WFO wfo-0001189822 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum medium, photographed by Nick Kleinschmidt
fig. a Nick Kleinschmidt, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-20 / obs. 123382209
Sphagnum medium, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. b Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 121301034
Sphagnum medium, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. c Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84207557
Sphagnum medium, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. d Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 26304860
Sphagnum medium, photographed by Игорь Васильев
fig. e Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110040527
Sphagnum medium, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. f Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 158398705
Sphagnum medium, photographed by Jonathan Hughes
fig. g Jonathan Hughes, CC0 1.0 / obs. 125778262
Sphagnum medium, photographed by Felix Seebauer
fig. h Felix Seebauer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102656466

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Also published as 74 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 cymbifolium f. fuscescens Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. purpurascens Warnst.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. purpureum Warnst. ex Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium f. viride Warnst. ex Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium subsp. medium (Limpr.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. compactum Russow
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. congestum Schimp.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. fuscescens (Warnst.) Hérib.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. immersum (Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. medium (Limpr.) Velen.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. purpurascens Russow
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. purpurascens Schlieph.
  • Sphagnum cymbifolium var. viride (Warnst. ex Cardot) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum latifolium var. congestum (Schimp.) J.Kickx f.
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. abbreviatum (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. congestum (Schimp.) Röll
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. deflexum (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. flavescens (Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. gracile (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. imbricatum (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. immersum (Warnst.) Röll
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. laxum (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. molle (Schlieph.) Wijk & Margad.
  • Sphagnum magellanicum var. obscurum (Warnst.) C.E.O.Jensen

and 50 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.

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.