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|accepted_name=Taxiphyllum taxirameum
|accepted_authority=(Mitten) M. Fleischer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Musc. Buitenzorg
|place=4: 1435. 1923
|year=1923
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Stereodon taxirameus
|authority=Mitten
|publication_title=J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot., suppl.:
|publication_place=105. 1859
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Isopterygium geophilum
|authority=(Austin) A. Jaeger
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=I. taxirameum
|authority=(Mitten) A. Jaeger
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plagiothecium geophilum
|authority=(Austin) Grout
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rhynchostegium geophilum
|authority=Austin
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Taxiphyllum geophilum
|authority=(Austin) M. Fleischer
}}
|hierarchy=Hypnaceae;Taxiphyllum;Taxiphyllum taxirameum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Taxiphyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Taxiphyllum taxirameum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 567, 569
|treatment_page=page 568
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in thin to dense mats, dark green to yellowish. <b>Stems</b> 6 cm, 2–4 mm wide, complanate-foliate; rarely radiculose ventrally. <b>Leaves</b> wide-spreading to squarrose, usually distant, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, rarely narrowly ovate, symmetric or nearly so, flat or somewhat concave, 1–2 × 0.3–0.6 mm; margins very narrowly recurved almost to apex, sometimes plane, serrulate throughout; apex acuminate or abruptly narrowed to acute or rarely subobtuse, not twisted; costa double and short or ecostate; alar cells few, long- to short-rectangular, rarely quadrate, 37–63 × 5–9 µm, in 1–3 rows, 1–5 cells in marginal row; laminal cells smooth or prorulose at distal ends on abaxial surface; medial cells 66–120 × 3–7 µm. <b>Seta</b> reddish, 0.7–1.2 cm. <b>Capsule</b> reddish, oblong-ovoid, arcuate, 1–1.5 mm; operculum 0.5–1 mm. <b>Spores</b> 11–13 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature spring–summer.
|habitat=Shaded siliceous or calcareous soil and rock
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (40-1500 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;se Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Taxiphyllum taxirameum</i> is a polymorphic species common in the southeastern and south-central United States, particularly the Ozark Mountain region. <i>Taxiphyllum taxirameum</i> has often been confused with the more northern 3. <i>T. deplanatum</i>; for distinctions, see the discussion under that species. <i>Taxiphyllum taxirameum</i> is the most common species of <i>Taxiphyllum</i> in Latin America, and it is especially prevalent in parts of Mexico and the West Indies.</p>
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name=Taxiphyllum taxirameum
|author=
|authority=(Mitten) M. Fleischer
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Isopterygium geophilum;I. taxirameum;Plagiothecium geophilum;Rhynchostegium geophilum;Taxiphyllum geophilum
|basionyms=Stereodon taxirameus
|family=Hypnaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature spring–summer.
|habitat=Shaded siliceous or calcareous soil and rock
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (40-1500 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;se Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Musc. Buitenzorg
|publication year=1923
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_888.xml
|genus=Taxiphyllum
|species=Taxiphyllum taxirameum
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