Sphagnum quinquefarium(Lindb. ex Braithw.) Warnst.

sphagnum

WFO wfo-0001190047 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 194836138
Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. b Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153447943
Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by thomas_oswald
fig. c thomas_oswald, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131534036
Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. d Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125955101
Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by nevwright
fig. e nevwright, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 96409985
Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. f Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92332585
Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. g Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54367576
Sphagnum quinquefarium, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. h Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53963837

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Also published as 80 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 f. strictum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum acutifolium subsp. quinquefarium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Hérib.
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. flavicaule Warnst.
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. gerstenbergeri Warnst.
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. laxum Russow
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. pallens Warnst.
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. quinquefarium Lindb. ex Braithw.
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. silesiacum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum acutiforme var. silesiacum Warnst.
  • Sphagnum acutiforme var. tenellum Schlieph.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii var. pallens (Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum nemoreum subsp. quinquefarium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Bott.
  • Sphagnum nemoreum var. pallens (Warnst.) Broth. & Saelan
  • Sphagnum nemoreum var. quinquefarium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Venturi & Bott.
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. brachycladum Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. compactum Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. flagellare Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. gracile Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. gracile Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. molluscum Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. pusillum Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. squarrosulum Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. strictiforme Röll
  • Sphagnum plumulosum f. strictum Röll

and 56 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.