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The database is hosted by Kiel University
and is established by Magda Wieckowska-
Lüth, Wiebke Kirleis and Kay Schmütz,
Institute for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology.
© Wieckowska-Lüth/Kirleis/Schmütz 2020
Type: T-10
Category: Bryophyta
Sub-category: Sphagnaceae
Taxonomical identification: Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata
First publication: Kuhry, P. (1988) A palaeobotanical and palynological study of Holocene peat from the El Bosque mire. Located in a volcanic area of the Cordillera central of Colombia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 55, 19–72
Other publication/s: No information
Description: Leaves ovatelanceolate, sometimes slightly falcate, slightly concave, ecostate. Leaves with regular pattern of alternating green and hyaline cells reinforced with spiral fibers. Green cells more exposed on dorsal surface. Pores small, less than 12 µm.
(Sub-) Fossil occurence: No information
Co-occurence: No information
Modern occurence: No information
Palaeoenvironmental indication: No information