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|accepted_name=Tortula acaulon
|accepted_authority=(Withering) R. H. Zander
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci.
|place=32: 378. 1994,
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Phascum acaulon
|authority=Withering
|publication_title=Syst. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed.
|publication_place=4., 3: 768. 1801 (as acaule)
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Microbryum floerkeanum var. henrici
|authority=Renauld & Cardot
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phascum cuspidatum
|authority=R. H. Zander
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phascum cuspidatum var. americanum
|authority=Renauld & Cardot
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phascum cuspidatum var. henrici
|authority=(Renauld & Cardot) Wijk & Margadant
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phascum cuspidatum var. piliferum
|authority=(Hedwig) Hooker & Taylor
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phascum cuspidatum var. schreberianum
|authority=(Dickson) Bridel
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tortula acaulon var. pilifera
|authority=(Hedwig) R. H. Zander
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tortula acaulon var. schreberiana
|authority=(Dickson) R. H. Zander
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tortula atherodes
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tortula atherodes var. pilifera
|authority=(Hedwig) R. H. Zander
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tortula atherodes var. schreberiana
|authority=(Dickson) R. H. Zander
}}
|hierarchy=Pottiaceae;Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae;Tortula;Tortula acaulon
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pottiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tortula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tortula acaulon]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 587, 589, 592, 593, 604, 631
|treatment_page=page 595
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>ovate to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute, mucronate to short-awned, occasionally comparatively long-awned, margins recurved proximally to nearly plane, not or weakly bordered distally with slightly thicker-walled cells; costa excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 2(–3) cells across adaxial surface; distal laminal cells distally quadrate-hexagonal, width 13–17 µm, 1:1, weakly simply papillose or smooth. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous. <b>Sporophytes</b> immersed. <b>Seta</b> very short. <b>Capsule</b> cleistocarpic, spheric to very short-ellipsoid, erect, mostly 0.9–1.3 mm; peristome absent; operculum not differentiated. <b>Spores</b> (25–)33–40 µm, spheric, densely papillose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature winter–spring.
|habitat=Soil, lawns, fields, banks
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;Europe;Asia;n Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|discussion=<p>The varieties pilifera and schreberiana are not recognized here. The former name may be used for plants with long awns, and the latter for robust specimens ranging to 1 cm tall, but intergrades appear to be common.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tortula acaulon
|author=
|authority=(Withering) R. H. Zander
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Microbryum floerkeanum var. henrici;Phascum cuspidatum;Phascum cuspidatum var. americanum;Phascum cuspidatum var. henrici;Phascum cuspidatum var. piliferum;Phascum cuspidatum var. schreberianum;Tortula acaulon var. pilifera;Tortula acaulon var. schreberiana;Tortula atherodes;Tortula atherodes var. pilifera;Tortula atherodes var. schreberiana
|basionyms=Phascum acaulon
|family=Pottiaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature winter–spring.
|habitat=Soil, lawns, fields, banks
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;Europe;Asia;n Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_849.xml
|subfamily=Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae
|genus=Tortula
|species=Tortula acaulon
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