Species within a genus

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SPHAGNUM (G)
Bog-moss, Peat-moss (Le)
Family: SPHAGNACEAE

sphagnos, = a kind of moss.
(a Genus of mosses growing in boggy places, bog-moss, peat-moss)
sphagnos, = a spiny shrub, a kind of moss.
sphagis, = a knife.

(Ox, Int, LS)

Sphagnum capense (La)
Moss (Vo)
Location: (F)

cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)

Sphagnum strictum pappeanum (La)

Location: (F)

stringo, stringere, strictum, = to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together.
(drawn close together, very upright, very straight)

For Carl (Karl) Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe,** (1803-1862);
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(ld, BL, Ch)