• Sphagnum incundum a new species in Sphagnum subg. Acutifolia (Sphagnaceae) from boreal and arctic regions of North America 

      Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Hassel, Kristian; Shaw, Blanca; Shaw, Jonathan; Temsch, Eva M.; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We describe Sphagnum incundum in Sphagnum subg. Acutifolia (Sphagnaceae, Bryophyta). We used both molecular and morphological methods to describe the new species. Molecular relationships with closely related species were ...
    • Sphagnum Xlydiae, the first allotriploid peatmoss in the Northern hemisphere 

      Kyrkjeeide, Magni Olsen; Hassel, Kristian; Aguero, Blanka; Temsch, Eva M.; Afonina, Olga M.; Shaw, A. Jonathan; Stenøien, Hans K.; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In plants, hybridization between interspecific taxa leading to chromosome doubling seems to happen regularly and may be an important driver of speciation. Allopolyploid species often have morphological traits from both ...