Checklist of the mosses of sub-Saharan Africa

Sphagnum capense Hornsch. CBS(1531),
MAD(59), MAL(67), MOZ(357), NAT(1531),
REU(59), TRV(1531), ZIM(59).
Sphagnum ceylonicum Mitt. ex Warnst. KEN(59),
MAD(59), REU(59), TAN(259), UGA(59),
ZAI(65).
Sphagnum condensatum Brid. REU(105).
Sphagnum condensatum Brid. Not treated by Eddy
(59), but included in Crosby et al (40), and shown
by Index Muscorum (1521) as present in Africa-
3.
Sphagnum cordemoyi Warnst. = S. violascens (59).
Sphagnum cuspidatulum C.Müll. MAD(59),
RWA(59).
Sphagnum cuspidatum Hoffm. CON(59), GAB(59),
MAD(59), RWA(59,65), ZAI(59,65).
Sphagnum davidii Warnst. CAM(59), IVO(59),
KEN(59), MAL(67), NIG(59), REU(59),
RWA(59,65), SIL(59), TAN(59), UGA(59),
ZAI(59,65).
Sphagnum davidii var flavo-fuscescens Warnst. = S.
davidii Warnst (59).
Sphagnum drouhardii Card. = S. perichaetiale (59).
Sphagnum ericetorum Brid. MAD(59), REU(59).
Sphagnum fimbriatum Wils. TRV(1531).
Sphagnum helenicum Warnst. STH(1296).
Sphagnum humbertii Card. = S. capense (59).
Sphagnum kerstenii Hampe = S. ceylonicum (59).
Sphagnum laxirete Thér. = S. pappeanum C.Müll
(1521) = S. strictum var. pappeanum (59).
Sphagnum madegassum C.Müll. = S. planifolium
var. planifolium (59).
Sphagnum magellanicum C. Müll. auct. afr. = S.
magellanicum ssp. grandirete (59).
Sphagnum magellanicum ssp. grandirete
(Warnst.) Eddy MAD(59).
Sphagnum mathieui var. subsquarrosum Warnst.
Excluded. Not mentioned by Eddy (59).
Sphagnum mathieui Warnst. = S. truncatum var.
bordasii (59).
Sphagnum meridense (Hampe) C.Müll. Excluded.
This is an American taxon, not known in Africa
(59). The synonym of this name given in Crosby
et al (40) is S. cymbifolium var. patens (Brid.)
Brid., nom. illeg., but this is treated by Eddy (59)
as nomina ambigua, as there is no specimen and
the description is “inadequate for positive iden-
tification”.
Sphagnum nemoreum Scop. REU(105).
Sphagnum nemoreum Scop. Not treated by Eddy
(59), but listed in Crosby et al.(40), and shown in
Index Muscorum (1521) for Africa-3 and Africa-
4.
Sphagnum obovatum Warnst. = S. rutenbergii (59).
Sphagnum obtusifolium Warnst. Excluded. This
taxon is listed for Madagascar and the Mascarenes
(40), but is not treated by Eddy (59). However,
this is unlikely to be the correct name, as the only
entry in Index Muscorum (1521) is S. obtusifolium
Ehrh., which is a synonym of S. palustre. The
two synonyms of S. obtusifolium Warnst. given
in Crosby & Schultze-Motel (40) are both now
synonyms of S. violascens (59) which belongs to
a different section of the genus.
Sphagnum pallidum Warnst. = S. rutenbergii (59).
Sphagnum palustre L. Excluded. Omitted from Eddy
(59), but included in Crosby et al (40) for Réunion,
although not shown in Index Muscorum (1521)
for Africa.
Sphagnum perichaetiale Hampe ANG(59),
CBS(1531), MAD(59), MAU(59), NAT(1531),
REU(59).
Sphagnum perrieri Thér. MAD(40).
Sphagnum perrieri Thér. Not dealt with by Eddy
(59), although shown as valid for Africa-3 in
Index Muscorum (1521), and included in Crosby
et al (40).
Sphagnum planifolium var. angustilimbatum
(Warnst.) Eddy MAD(59), TAN(59), UGA(59),
ZAI(65), ZIM(59).
Sphagnum planifolium var. planifolium C.Müll.
CAM(59), GAB(59), IVO(59), KEN(59),
MAD(59), MAL(67), RWA(65), SAF(59),
TAN(59), UGA(59), ZAI(59,65), ZAM(59),
ZIM(59).
Sphagnum planifolium var. rugegense (Warnst.)
Eddy KEN(59), RWA(65), TAN(59), UGA(59),
ZAI(65), ZAM(59).
Sphagnum purpureum Schimp. ex Warnst. = S.
violascens (59)
Sphagnum pycnocladulum C.Müll. CBS(1531),
MAL(67), RWA(59).
Sphagnum rutenbergii C.Müll. MAD(59),
MAU(59), REU(59).
Sphagnum salvanii Warnst. = S. rutenbergii (59)
Sphagnum slooveri Eddy BUR(59).
Sphagnum strictum Sull. ZAI(59,65).
Sphagnum strictum ssp. pappeanum (C.Müll.)
Eddy CBS(1531), MAD(59), NAT(1531),
REU(59), RWA(59), TAN(59), TRV(1531),
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