View source for Splachnum sphaericum

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|accepted_name=Splachnum sphaericum
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=55. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Splachnum ovatum
|authority=Hedwig
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|name=S. ovatum var. sphaericum
|authority=(Hedwig) Dixon
}}
|hierarchy=Splachnaceae;Splachnum;Splachnum sphaericum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Splachnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Splachnum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Splachnum sphaericum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 25
|treatment_page=page 27
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>light green or yellow-green. <b>Stems</b> 0.5–3 cm. <b>Leaves</b> somewhat crowded at stem apices, broadly obovate, 2.5–3.5 mm; margins entire or toothed distally, not bordered; apex abruptly short- to long-acuminate; costa disappearing in acumen just before apex. <b>Seta</b> yellow, becoming reddish, 1.5–10 cm, flexuose. <b>Capsule</b> urn orange-red, 2 mm; hypophysis green when mature, red-brown and wrinkled upon aging and drying, ± spheric to obovoid, slightly wider than urn, weakly rugose to wrinkled when dry; operculum hemispheric, apiculate; exostome teeth inserted below mouth, connate in pairs, orange-brown. <b>Spores</b> spheric, 7–13 µm, yellow-green.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Dung of large boreal herbivores (such as moose), muskeg, boggy habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Alaska;Colo.;Mich.;Mont.;Wash.;Wyo.;n;c Europe;n Asia.
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i>Splachnum sphaericum</i> often grow intermixed with <i>S. luteum</i> in western Canada and central Alaska. Unlike in other North American species of <i>Splachnum</i>, the hypophysis is scarcely wider than the capsule and is green upon maturity, only turning purplish as it ages and dries. Immature sporophytes of the other North American species of <i>Splachnum</i> resemble the mature sporophytes of <i>S. sphaericum</i>. The gametophyte of <i>S. sphaericum</i> can be distinguished from the other North American species by its broadly obovate, narrowly acuminate leaves. The hypophysis of <i>S. sphaericum</i> is much more strongly scented than that of <i>S. luteum</i>. Because of the size, shape, and color of the hypophysis, <i>S. sphaericum</i> could be confused with <i>Tetraplodon mnioides</i>, but <i>T. mnioides</i> is usually found growing on carnivore droppings in drier habitats and has oblong-obovate leaves that narrow abruptly.</p>
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name=Splachnum sphaericum
|author=
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Splachnum ovatum;S. ovatum var. sphaericum
|basionyms=
|family=Splachnaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Dung of large boreal herbivores (such as moose), muskeg, boggy habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Alaska;Colo.;Mich.;Mont.;Wash.;Wyo.;n;c Europe;n Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=1801
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Splachnum
|species=Splachnum sphaericum
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