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|accepted_name=Homalotheciella subcapillata
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam.
|place=232/233[I,3]: 1133. 1908
|year=1908
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Pterigynandrum subcapillatum
|authority=Hedwig
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=83, plate 16, figs. 7 – 12. 1801
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Burnettia fabrofolia
|authority=Grout
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|name=Homalotheciella fabrofolia
|authority=(Grout) Brotherus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Homalothecium subcapillatum
|authority=(Hedwig) Sullivant
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pterogonium decumbens
|authority=Schwägrichen
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pterigynandrum brachycladon
|authority=P. Beauvois ex Bridel
}}
|hierarchy=Brachytheciaceae;Homalotheciella;Homalotheciella subcapillata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brachytheciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Homalotheciella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Homalotheciella subcapillata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 439
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>glossy. <b>Stems</b> 0.2 cm, branches short, ascending-erect, straight or often curved. <b>Leaves</b> 0.7–1.3 × 0.3–0.5 mm; margins plane; alar cells in 2–5 vertical rows; laminal cells 40–60 × 5 µm, smooth. <b>Perigonia</b> gemmiform, axillary on stem. <b>Seta</b> 0.5–1 cm, straight. <b>Capsule</b> exserted, 1–1.5 mm, smooth or wrinkled-plicate when dry; exothecial cells oblong-rectangular; stomata few, proximal on capsule; peristome pale; exostome teeth pale yellow-orange, 300 µm, external surface finely cross striolate, internal surface transversely ridged, fimbriate-bordered, papillose at apices. <b>Calyptra</b> 2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Sep–Feb.
|habitat=Trunks of soft-barked trees, logs, roots, stumps, rock, mesic to wet forests
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2000 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Homalotheciella subcapillata</i> is distinguished as small, glossy, creeping, pinnate plants bearing leaves with long, slender tips crowded on short branches. The species is easy to recognize under the microscope by its leaves with denticulate margins, weak costa, and quadrate alar cells. The delicately haired calyptra also is distinctive among Brachytheciaceae, as most species of the family have naked calyptrae. Pylaisiella selwynii (Hypnaceae) can be very similar to <i>H. subcapillata</i>, but differs in its more regularly curved branches and ecostate entire-margined leaves.</p>
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name=Homalotheciella subcapillata
|author=
|authority=(Hedwig) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Burnettia fabrofolia;Homalotheciella fabrofolia;Homalothecium subcapillatum;Pterogonium decumbens;Pterigynandrum brachycladon
|basionyms=Pterigynandrum subcapillatum
|family=Brachytheciaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Sep–Feb.
|habitat=Trunks of soft-barked trees, logs, roots, stumps, rock, mesic to wet forests
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2000 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam.
|publication year=1908
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Homalotheciella
|species=Homalotheciella subcapillata
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