Sphagnum recurvum, Palisot de Beauvois, 1805

Pantović, Jovana, Veljić, Milan, Grdović, Svetlana & Sabovljević, Marko S., 2021, An annotated list of moss species of Serbia, Phytotaxa 479 (3), pp. 207-249 : 245

Sphagnum recurvum complex

Published records of S. recurvum in Serbia come from the time when wide concept of the species was used. Recent research showed that it is a rather complex taxon, in Europe represented with several taxa - S. angustifolium (C. E. O. Jensen ex Russow) C. E. O. Jensen, S. brevifolium (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Röll, S. fallax (H.Klinggr.) H.Klinggr. , S. flexuosum Dozy & Molk. and S. isoviitae Flatberg ( Szurdoki et al. 2014). The only recent certain European report of S. recurvum s.s. is from the Azores ( Dias et al. 2009). Although presence of S. recurvum s.s. is Serbia is not likely, checking the herbarium specimens is needed in order to resolve its status.