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Sphagnum

genus of mosses
Taxon taxon Q30019
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Summary

Sphagnum is a taxon[1]. Sphagnum ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,046 views/month, #1,145 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Sphagnaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Sphagnum[5]
  • Commons category: Sphagnum[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Sphagnum palustre[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sphagnum[8]
  • Commons gallery: Sphagnum[9]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[10], Q28025516[11], Mining Encyclopedia[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Taxon common name: sphagnum[14], Veenmos[15], 泥炭藓属[16]
  • Studied by: sphagnology[17]

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Identifiers

Sphagnum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54704[18]. Sphagnum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13804[19]. Sphagnum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 11825963[20]. Sphagnum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2668958[21]. Sphagnum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 15683[22].

Why It Matters

Sphagnum has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Sphagnum is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id → 11825963
    Wikidata description → genus of mosses
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopedia of life id: 11825963"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Catalogue of life id → 63SJR
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 12946, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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