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|accepted_name=Gemmabryum kunzei
|accepted_authority=(Hornschuch) J. R. Spence
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=91: 497. 2009
|year=2009
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Bryum kunzei
|authority=Hornschuch
|publication_title=Flora
|publication_place=2: 90. 1819 (as kunzii)
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Bryaceae;Gemmabryum;Gemmabryum sect. Caespitibryum;Gemmabryum kunzei
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bryaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gemmabryum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Gemmabryum sect. Caespitibryum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gemmabryum kunzei]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 131
|treatment_page=page 132
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small. <b>Stems</b> 0.1–0.6(–1) cm. <b>Leaves</b> concave, 0.3–0.8(–1.2) mm; margins plane, limbidium absent; apex often hyaline with age, along with distal 1/3 of lamina; costa highly variable, not reaching apex in proximal leaves to long-excurrent in distal leaves, awn hyaline or sometimes green, smooth to weakly denticulate, usually 1/3–2/3 leaf length; proximal laminal cells abruptly quadrate, 1–2:1; medial and distal cells short-rectangular to hexagonal, 12–18(–20) µm wide, (2–)3–4:1. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction unknown. <b>Capsule</b> with endostome segments pale tan, brown, red-brown, or rarely pale yellow. <b>Spores</b> 8–12(–14) µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Apr–Jul (spring–summer).
|habitat=Dry sandy soil, rock, often calcareous, temperate arid to semiarid regions
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (500-2700 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;c Eurasia (including Caucasus).
|discussion=<p><i>Gemmabryum kunzei</i> is a small, long-awned segregate of <i>G. caespiticium</i>, characterized by very small leaves, often hyaline distal lamina and awn, shorter laminal cells, and lack of a limbidium. The species is a nondescript, green, often sterile moss, and many collections may represent depauperate material of other small <i>Bryum</i> species. There are unusual, very compact cushionlike forms in semiarid stable environments (under ledges and in alcoves in <i>Nevada</i> and Utah) that may or may not represent <i>G. kunzei</i>.</p>
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name=Gemmabryum kunzei
|author=
|authority=(Hornschuch) J. R. Spence
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Bryum kunzei
|family=Bryaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Apr–Jul (spring–summer).
|habitat=Dry sandy soil, rock, often calcareous, temperate arid to semiarid regions
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (500-2700 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;c Eurasia (including Caucasus).
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=2009
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_206.xml
|genus=Gemmabryum
|section=Gemmabryum sect. Caespitibryum
|species=Gemmabryum kunzei
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