''Eosphagnum inretortum'' is a species of moss, and the only species of the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

''Eosphagnum''. Originally described as a species of ''

Sphagnum ''Sphagnum'' is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, peat moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of ''Sphagnum'' can store wa ...

'', it is now a separate genus on the basis of morphological and genetic differences.

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Sphagnales Monotypic moss genera {{bryophyte-stub