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|accepted_name=Loeskeobryum
|accepted_authority=M. Fleischer ex Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.
|place=2, 11: 482. 1925
|year=1925
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hylocomiaceae;Loeskeobryum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hylocomiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Loeskeobryum]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Leopold Loeske, 1865 – 1935, German bryologist and journalist, and Greek bryon, moss
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 326, 330, 643
|treatment_page=page 329
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>creeping to ascending-arcuate, 2–4 mm wide across leafy stem, sympodial [sometimes monopodial], irregularly branched to regularly 1- or 2-pinnate; paraphyllia many, base 1- or 2-seriate, branches 1-seriate. <b>Stem</b> leaves spreading to squarrose-recurved, heteromallous, not crowded, ovate to broadly ovate, moderately plicate at base (not obscuring costa), sometimes rugose in acumen, (1.1–)2–3 mm; base broadly cordate-clasping, not decurrent; margins serrate to serrulate; apex gradually to abruptly acuminate; costa double, weak or to mid leaf; alar cells not differentiated; laminal cells smooth. <b>Branch</b> leaves ovate to elliptic-lanceolate; costa double, 1/4–1/2 leaf length. <b>Capsule</b> inclined to horizontal; operculum conic, stoutly rostrate; exostome teeth irregularly cross striolate proximally; endostome segments broadly perforate.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America (Guatemala);Eurasia;n Africa;temperate regions.
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The paraphyllia of <i>Loeskeobryum</i> closely cover the stem and can be inconspicuous at low magnification. They are distinctly smaller than those of <i>Hylocomium</i>, with which <i>Loeskeobryum</i> is often combined. Morphologically the three species of <i>Loeskeobryum</i> show greater overall similarity to those of <i>Rhytidiadelphus</i> (J. R. Rohrer 1985b).</p>
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name=Loeskeobryum
|author=
|authority=M. Fleischer ex Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler et al.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Hylocomiaceae
|distribution=e North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America (Guatemala);Eurasia;n Africa;temperate regions.
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed.
|publication year=1925
|special status=
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|genus=Loeskeobryum
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