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|accepted_name=Blindia acuta
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryol. Europ.
|place=2: 19. 1846,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Weissia acuta
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=71. 1801
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Seligeriaceae;Blindia;Blindia acuta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Seligeriaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Blindia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Blindia acuta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 324, 363
|treatment_page=page 327
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>often blackish or dark brown, sometimes olive green. <b>Leaves</b> secund to often deciduous, lanceolate-subulate, obtuse, costae filling subula; margins denticulate at apex, entire below, leaf cells (1–)3:1, quadrate to rectangular-elliptic; perichaetial leaves abruptly subulate. <b>Seta</b> 3–13 mm, flexuose. <b>Capsule</b> ovate to narrowly pyriform, peristome of 16, lanceolate teeth; columella not developed. <b>Spores</b> 13–20 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Moist or dripping acidic rock faces, most common in montane/alpine habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3000 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Wash.;Wyo.;Central America (Guatemala);Europe;Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands (Iceland).
|discussion=<p><i>Blindia acuta</i> forms soft blackish mats on acidic rocks in moist arctic, alpine, and montane habitats. The well-developed alar cells, smooth leaf cells, subulate leaves, and short-ovate, smooth capsules with well-developed, smooth peristome teeth are distinguishing features. <i>Seligeria</i> species are smaller and occur on calcareous rocks.</p>
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name=Blindia acuta
|authority=(Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Weissia acuta
|family=Seligeriaceae
|habitat=Moist or dripping acidic rock faces, most common in montane/alpine habitats
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3000 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Wash.;Wyo.;Central America (Guatemala);Europe;Asia;Africa;Atlantic Islands (Iceland).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Blindia
|species=Blindia acuta
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