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|accepted_name=Barbella pendula
|accepted_authority=(Sullivant) M. Fleischer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Musc. Buitenzorg
|place=3: 812. 1908
|year=1908
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Meteorium pendulum
|authority=Sullivant
|publication_title=in A. Gray, Manual ed.
|publication_place=2, 681. 1856
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Neodicladiella pendula
|authority=(Sullivant) W. R. Buck
}}
|hierarchy=Meteoriaceae;Barbella;Barbella pendula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Meteoriaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Barbella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Barbella pendula]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 480
|treatment_page=page 482
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>inconspicuous, branches slender, to 15+ cm. <b>Stem</b> leaves 1.5–2 mm; apex filiform; costa faint or strong. <b>Branch</b> leaves triangular-acuminate proximally, 2 mm, slender-acuminate distally, 1–1.5 mm; costa ending mid leaf; alar cells quadrate; medial laminal cells 60 µm, papillae usually (2–)3–5-seriate, on abaxial and adaxial surfaces. <b>Perigonia</b> unknown. <b>Perichaetia</b> usually on proximal portions of branches. <b>Seta</b> brown, 2–2.5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> dark brown at maturity, 1–1.5 mm; operculum 0.7–0.8 mm. <b>Calyptra</b> conic-mitrate, erose proximally. <b>Spores</b> 15–26 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Mar.
|habitat=Deep, cool, shady, humid ravines in deciduous forests, on Arundinaria, shrubs, tree branches, exposed roots along ravines
|elevation=low elevations (10-20 m)
|distribution=La.;Miss.;Mexico;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Barbella pendula</i> is not common in the flora area but may be abundant locally. The delicate, yellowish green plants dangle in conspicuous, tangled festoons in their ravine-bottom habitat. The striking habit of <i>B. pendula</i> and the somewhat dimorphic branch leaves, including the distal with 1-seriate, filiform apices, make the species unmistakable. <i>Barbella pendula</i> has been reported from Florida, but the collections are either <i>Papillaria nigrescens</i> or of uncertain provenance. Perigonia have never been found in specimens (some abundantly fruiting) of <i>B. pendula</i> from the flora area.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Barbella pendula
|author=
|authority=(Sullivant) M. Fleischer
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Neodicladiella pendula
|basionyms=Meteorium pendulum
|family=Meteoriaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Mar.
|habitat=Deep, cool, shady, humid ravines in deciduous forests, on Arundinaria, shrubs, tree branches, exposed roots along ravines
|elevation=low elevations (10-20 m)
|distribution=La.;Miss.;Mexico;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Musc. Buitenzorg
|publication year=1908
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Barbella
|species=Barbella pendula
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