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|accepted_name=Erpodiaceae
|accepted_authority=Müller Hal.
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|hierarchy=Erpodiaceae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Erpodiaceae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 474
|treatment_page=page 470
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small, prostrate, usually freely branched, usually in mats. <b>Stems</b> smooth, radiculose, rhizoids smooth, in clusters contiguous to leaf insertion on abaxial side; axillary hairs minute, 2–3 cells in length, basal cell small, apical cell enlarged, ± clavate; paraphyllia none; pseudoparaphyllia minute, ovate, acute; epidermal layer ± bulging, outer cortical cells small, firm-walled in 1–2 layers, similar to epidermis, interior cortical cells somewhat uniform, enlarged, thin-walled; central strand absent. <b>Leaves</b> of stems and branches similar, usually imbricate, ± monomorphic and spirally arranged, or distinctly dimorphic and arranged in two dorsal and two ventral rows, erect or spreading and ± complanate when dry, spreading and often ± complanate when moist, bilaterally symmetric or asymmetric, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, rounded, obtuse, or acute, acuminate to subulate, ecostate; margin elimbate, entire; laminal cells firm-walled, smooth or pluripapillose, distal cells quadrate (including rhombic) to hexagonal, oblate-hexagonal or rhomboidal, proximal cells oblate-oblong in several marginal rows, often elongate in mid-proximal region. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous; perigonia gemmiform, axillary; perichaetia terminal on short axillary branches, leaves erect, usually enlarged and sheathing sporophyte at maturity. <b>Sporophytes</b> usually numerous, solitary in perichaetia. <b>Seta</b> short to nearly absent, usually straight. <b>Capsule</b> immersed to shortly exserted, erect, radially symmetric, oblong- or ovoid-cylindric, pale yellow to yellow-brown; exothecial cells thin-walled, oblong to oblong-hexagonal, estomatose or stomatose, stomata superficial, restricted to base or proximal half of theca; annuli none to well developed; peristome none, or diplolepidous, composed of 16 papillose, lanceolate teeth, or reduced to irregular, pale, papillose segments; opercula conic-apiculate to conic-rostrate. <b>Calyptra</b> small, usually covering only opercula and distal ends of thecae, mitrate, lobed, smooth to ± papillose, more or less plicate, plicae often serrate or serrulate, or rarely, large, twisted, covering capsules completely and clasping the distal end of seta, or rarely, cucullate, ± papillose, non-plicate. <b>Spores</b> finely papillose to nearly smooth, relatively large.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia;primarily in tropical and subtropical regions.
|discussion=<p>Genera 5, species 26 (3 genera, 4 species in the flora).</p>
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|id=crum1972a
|text=Crum, H. A. 1972b. A taxonomic account of the Erpodiaceae. Nova Hedwigia 23: 201–224.
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|id=pursell1994a
|text=Pursell, R. A. 1994. Erpodiaceae. In: A. J. Sharp et al., eds. The moss flora of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69: 581–588.
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|id=pursell2002a
|text=Pursell, R. A. and B. H. Allen. 2002. Erpodiaceae. In: B. H. Allen, ed. Moss flora of Central America. Part 2. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90: 523–531.
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|id=stone1997a
|text=Stone, I. G. 1997. A revision of Erpodiaceae with particular reference to Australian taxa. J. Bryol. 19: 485–502.
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|id=vital1980a
|text=Vital, D. M. 1980. Erpodiaceae (Musci) do Brasil. M.S. thesis. Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
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==Key==
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|1
|Peristome well developed, consisting of 16 lanceolate, papillose teeth; proximal laminal cells rhomboidal
|[[Venturiella|Venturiella]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Peristome absent; proximal laminal cells quadrate to hexagonal
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaves arranged in more than 4 rows, ±monomorphic.
|[[Erpodium|Erpodium]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaves arranged in 4 rows, distinctly dimorphic, dorsal leaves larger than ventral leaves.
|[[Solmsiella|Solmsiella]]
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name=Erpodiaceae
|author=Ronald A. Pursell;Bruce H. Allen
|authority=Müller Hal.
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|family=Erpodiaceae
|illustrator=Patricia M. Eckel
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia;primarily in tropical and subtropical regions.
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