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|accepted_name=Vesicularia vesicularis
|accepted_authority=(Schwagrichen) 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]: 1094. 1908
|year=1908
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hypnum vesiculare
|authority=Schwägrichen
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl.
|publication_place=2(2,2): 167, plate 199 [bottom]. 1827
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ectropothecium vesiculare
|authority=(Schwägrichen) Mitten
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vesicularia caloosiensis
|authority=(Austin) H. A. Crum
}}
|hierarchy=Hypnaceae;Vesicularia;Vesicularia vesicularis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vesicularia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vesicularia vesicularis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 570
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>with branches horizontal, somewhat flattened, simple; epidermal cells in 2–4 rows, walls thick, inner cells larger, walls thick, central strand cell walls thin. <b>Leaves</b> somewhat contorted when dry, plane, sometimes falcate-secund; ventral branch leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 1.1 mm; apex apiculate to acuminate; alar cells not or slightly differentiated; basal laminal cells more elongate than distal cells; distal cells lax, hexagonal to oblong-rhomboidal, 2.5–5:1, walls thick to thin; dorsal and lateral branch leaves ovate, broadly oblong-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 1.1 mm; apex acute to acuminate; basal laminal cells more elongate than distal cells; distal cells hexagonal, oblong-hexagonal to somewhat rhomboidal, 2.3–4.1:1, walls usually thick; marginal cells noticeably narrower. <b>Seta</b> 1.3–2.1 cm, flexuose, curved just below capsule. <b>Capsule</b> 0.9 mm; exothecial cells quadrate to rectangular, walls thin, often collenchymatous; stomata at extreme base of capsule; exostome teeth brown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsule maturity unknown.
|habitat=Shaded, moist soil, humus, logs, rock, submerged rock in running water
|elevation=low elevations
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Vesicularia vesicularis</i> has been introduced in greenhouses, for example, at the Missouri Botanical Garden Climatron©, and on sides of goldfish pools in California.</p>
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name=Vesicularia vesicularis
|author=
|authority=(Schwagrichen) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ectropothecium vesiculare;Vesicularia caloosiensis
|basionyms=Hypnum vesiculare
|family=Hypnaceae
|phenology=Capsule maturity unknown.
|habitat=Shaded, moist soil, humus, logs, rock, submerged rock in running water
|elevation=low elevations
|distribution=Fla.;La.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam.
|publication year=1908
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Vesicularia
|species=Vesicularia vesicularis
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