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|accepted_name=Hypopterygium
|accepted_authority=Bridel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryol. Univ.
|place=2: 709. 1827
|year=1827
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hypopterygiaceae;Hypopterygium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypopterygiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hypopterygium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek hypo, beneath, and pterygion, small wing, alluding to underleaves
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 647
|treatment_page=page 261
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>pale green. <b>Stems</b> pinnate, flabellate, palmate, or umbellate, rudimentary branches absent; stipe cavities absent. <b>Leaves</b> margins bordered by 1 or 2 rows of long-rhomboidal cells; apex acute or acuminate; costa of lateral frond leaves ending before apex; laminal cells rhomboidal, prosenchymatous, walls thin or weakly incrassate. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 26 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Dorsal frond leaves present on basal portion of stipe; stipe and basal frond leaves in 8 rows; paraphyses absent.
|[[Hypopterygium flavolimbatum|Hypopterygium flavolimbatum]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Dorsal frond leaves absent from stipe; stipe and basal frond leaves in 3 or 11+ rows; paraphyses present.
|[[Hypopterygium tamariscina|Hypopterygium tamariscina]]
|}
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name=Hypopterygium
|author=
|authority=Bridel
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Hypopterygiaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryol. Univ.
|publication year=1827
|special status=
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|genus=Hypopterygium
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