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|accepted_name=Octoblepharum albidum
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=50. 1801,
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Leucophanaceae;Octoblepharum;Octoblepharum albidum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leucophanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Octoblepharum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Octoblepharum albidum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 21
|treatment_page=page 664
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>glossy, glaucous-green to white, often with pink tinge; densely cespitose; axillary hairs 3 per axil, 5-celled. <b>Leaves</b> spreading-recurved, fleshy, fragile when dry, 4–5 mm, apiculate, older leaves sometimes with rhizoids on tips. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction rare, by gemmae. <b>Seta</b> yellow, 2–5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> brownish, 1–1.5 mm, ovoid-cylindric, slightly asymmetric, with stomata at base; operculum 0.8 mm; peristome of 8 blunt triangular pairs of teeth, teeth smooth or faintly striate, 200 µm tall, each composed of one interior and one exterior layer of intact, empty, cell-like plates; prostome present. <b>Calyptra</b> 1.5–1.9 mm. <b>Spores</b> finely papillose, 17–24 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature throughout the year but most common Sep–Apr.
|habitat=Hammocks and open forests, primarily on stems and bases of Quercus virginiana and Sabal palmetto, and rotted logs, occasionally terrestrial on soil and humus
|elevation=low elevations (0-30 m)
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;pantropical.
|discussion=<p><i>Octoblepharum albidum</i> is a weedy and conspicuous moss that is distributed worldwide in the tropics. It grows especially on palms, often forming deep soft cushions. The flat, glossy, ligulate, spreading-recurved leaves distinguish it easily in the field from the superficially similar <i>Leucobryum</i>, which has erect or spreading, pointed, subtubulose leaves.</p>
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name=Octoblepharum albidum
|author=
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Leucophanaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature throughout the year but most common Sep–Apr.
|habitat=Hammocks and open forests, primarily on stems and bases of Quercus virginiana and Sabal palmetto, and rotted logs, occasionally terrestrial on soil and humus
|elevation=low elevations (0-30 m)
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Tex.;pantropical.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Octoblepharum
|species=Octoblepharum albidum
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