Chlorosphagnum HEDENÄS, BOMFLEUR, 2023

Bomfleur, Benjamin, Hedenäs, Lars, Friis, Else Marie, Crane, Peter R., Raunsgaard, Kaj, Pedersen, Mendes, Mário Miguel & Kvaček, Jiří, 2023, Fossil Mosses From The Early Cretaceous Catefica Mesofossil Flora, Portugal - A Window Into The Mesozoic History Of Bryophytes, Fossil Imprint 79 (2), pp. 103-125 : 104

Family Incertae sedis

Genus Chlorosphagnum HEDENÄS, BOMFLEUR et E.M. FRIIS gen. nov.

Ty p e s p e c i e s. Chlorosphagnum cateficense HEDENÄS,

BOMFLEUR et E.M. FRIIS

P l a n t F o s s i l N a m e s R e g i s t r y N u m b e r. PFN003143.

E t y m o l o g y. Referring to the large chlorophyll cells in the leaves.

G e n e r i c d i a g n o s i s. A member of the Sphagnales with unusually large chlorophyll cells, approximately the same size as the hyaline cells in transverse section.

D i s t i n g u i s h i n g f e a t u r e s. Chlorosphagnum differs from all four extant genera of Sphagnales in having proportionately larger chlorophyll cells. The chlorophyll cells are about the same size as the hyaline cells.