View source for Tetraplodon urceolatus

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|accepted_name=Tetraplodon urceolatus
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryol. Europ.
|place=3: 217. 1844
|year=1844
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Splachnum urceolatum
|authority=Hedwig
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=52. 1801
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tetraplodon mnioides var. cavifolius
|authority=Schimper
}}
|hierarchy=Splachnaceae;Tetraplodon;Tetraplodon urceolatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Splachnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tetraplodon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tetraplodon urceolatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 21, 23
|treatment_page=page 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>1–4 cm, yellow-green distally. <b>Leaves</b> ovate, very concave, 1.5 × 0.8 mm; margins entire; apex broadly acute; costa ending before subula; distal laminal cells rectangular, 25–30 × 15–18 µm. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous or dioicous. <b>Seta</b> stramineous, dark red with age, 0.3–0.7 cm. <b>Capsule</b> not cleistocarpous, dark reddish, cylindric, somewhat oblong; hypophysis as wide as or wider than urn; stomata over whole of hypophysis; operculum hemispheric. <b>Calyptra</b> cucullate. <b>Spores</b> 10–11 µm, smooth or slightly papillose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature late summer.
|habitat=Dung of carnivores, old bones, owl pellets in dry, very exposed places, open tundra, mountain summits
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;c Europe;e;s Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Tetraplodon urceolatus</i> is an arctic or alpine moss very similar to reduced northern forms of <i>T. mnioides</i>; however, <i>T. urceolatus</i> has short yellowish setae, small strongly concave appressed leaves, and a short hypophysis about as long as the urn, sometimes lighter, and the same color or darker than the urn with age, and with relatively fewer stomata generally confined to the distal portion of the hypophysis. In general, <i>T. urceolatus</i> has firm leaves with stiff, rounded apices and thick distal cell walls. The exostome teeth of <i>T. urceolatus</i> are reflexed, orange-red at the apices, and inserted below the capsule mouth.</p>
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name=Tetraplodon urceolatus
|author=
|authority=(Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tetraplodon mnioides var. cavifolius
|basionyms=Splachnum urceolatum
|family=Splachnaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature late summer.
|habitat=Dung of carnivores, old bones, owl pellets in dry, very exposed places, open tundra, mountain summits
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;c Europe;e;s Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=1844
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Tetraplodon
|species=Tetraplodon urceolatus
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