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|accepted_name=Lindbergia brachyptera
|accepted_authority=(Mitten) Kindberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Eur. N. Amer. Bryin.,
|place=13. 1897
|year=1897
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pterogonium brachypterum
|authority=Mitten
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leskea austinii
|authority=Sulli vant
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|name=Lindbergia brachyptera var. austinii
|authority=(Sullivant) Grout
}}
|hierarchy=Leskeaceae;Lindbergia;Lindbergia brachyptera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leskeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lindbergia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lindbergia brachyptera]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 354
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>dark green, yellowish, or brownish, dull. <b>Stems</b> ± straight, not subjulaceous when dry. <b>Leaves</b> wide-spreading to squarrose when dry or moist, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, gradually to abruptly narrowed to apex, 0.9–1.4 mm; margins entire or faintly serrate distally; apex pale or yellowish; costa 1/2–2/3 leaf length, slender; basal laminal cells oblate; medial cells oval, rounded, or rhombic, 8–10 µm, bluntly 1-papillose; apical cells oblong, smooth. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction by brood branches often present in leaf axils, in ± straight, dense clusters. <b>Seta</b> 0.6–0.8 cm. <b>Capsule</b> 1.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 18–23 µm, very minutely roughened.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Mar–Dec.
|habitat=Tree trunks, roadside maples and elms, deciduous trees, cedar, pine, logs, rock
|elevation=low to high elevations (30-2800 m)
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Ariz.;Ark.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.;Mexico (Zacatecas);Asia.
|discussion=<p>In New Mexico and western Texas, the ranges of <i>Lindbergia brachyptera</i> and <i>L. mexicana</i> overlap. However, <i>L. brachyptera</i> is distinguished by nonjulaceous branches, leaves widely spreading when moist, abruptly narrowed acumina often pale green or yellowish, slender costa 1/2–2/3 times the leaf length, and strongly 1-papillose laminal cells.</p><!--
--><p>In the northwestern part of the range of <i>Lindbergia brachyptera</i>, plants form rather large dense mats on the bark of trees. This is not true in the eastern part of its range where plants seldom form mats, and colonies often consist of single to very few scattered strands growing in crevices of bark or among other mosses. Consequently, this species is easily overlooked and probably under-collected in the eastern part of its range. This may explain the absence of collections from West Virginia and only scattered collections from Kentucky and Tennessee. <i>Lindbergia brachyptera</i> is very common in Iowa, eastern Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. H. A. Crum (1956) provided an excellent discussion of the ecology and geography of <i>L. brachyptera</i>.</p>
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name=Lindbergia brachyptera
|author=
|authority=(Mitten) Kindberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Leskea austinii;Lindbergia brachyptera var. austinii
|basionyms=Pterogonium brachypterum
|family=Leskeaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Mar–Dec.
|habitat=Tree trunks, roadside maples and elms, deciduous trees, cedar, pine, logs, rock
|elevation=low to high elevations (30-2800 m)
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Que.;Ariz.;Ark.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.;Mexico (Zacatecas);Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Eur. N. Amer. Bryin.,
|publication year=1897
|special status=
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|genus=Lindbergia
|species=Lindbergia brachyptera
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