Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Sphagnum perichaetiale Hampe

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Bryophyta

Class
Sphagnopsida

Order
Sphagnales

Family
Sphagnaceae

Section
Sphagnum

Genus
Sphagnum

Species
perichaetiale

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sphagnum erythrocalyx

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Bartram, E.B. (1961) Mosses. In: Bartram, E.B. & Arnell, S. (eds.): Bryophytes of the Galápagos islands collected principally by Gunnar Harling in 1959. The Bryologist 64: 248-249.
  • Bartram, E.B. (1933) Mosses of the Tempelton Crocker Expedition Collected by John Thomas Howell and Lists of the Mosses Known from the Galapagos Islands and from Cocos Island. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th Series 21(8): 75-86.
  • Gradstein, S.R. Weber, W.A. (1982) Bryogeography of the Galapagos Islands. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 52: 127-152.
  • Gradstein, S.R. (1994) Die Moose der Galapagos Inseln. In: Zizka, G. & K. Klemmer (eds.): Pflanzen- und Tierwelt der Galapagos Inseln. Kleine Senckenbergreihe, Palmengarten, Frankfurt 20: 59-63.
  • Weber, W.A. (1971) Mosses of Galapagos: A tentative list. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
  • Weber, W.A. (1984) Bryophytes and lichens of the Galápagos Islands. In: Oehser, P.H., Lea, J.S. & Powars, N.L. (eds.): National Geographic Society Research Report 16 (1975 Projects): 781-790.
  • Weber, W.A. (1966) Lichenology and Bryology in the Galápagos Islands, with Check Lists of the Lichens and Bryophytes Thus Far Reported. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galápagos. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Galápagos International Scientific Project, University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 197-200.
  • Williams, R.S. (1924) Galapagos and Cocos island mosses collected by Allan Stewart in 1905-6. The Bryologist 27(3): 37-45.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Sphagnum perichaetiale", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3386. Accessed 30 October 2026.