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|accepted_name=Plagiothecium latebricola
|accepted_authority=Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|place=5: 184, plate 494. 1851
|year=1851
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Isopterygium latebricola
|authority=(Schimper) Delogne
|rank=species
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|name=Leskea latebricola
|authority=(Schimper) Wilson
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plagiotheciella latebricola
|authority=(Schimper) M. Fleischer
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Plagiotheciaceae;Plagiothecium;Plagiothecium latebricola
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plagiotheciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Plagiothecium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Plagiothecium latebricola]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 484
|treatment_page=page 485
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in dense mats, light green to yellowish, glossy. <b>Stems</b> to 2 cm, 0.5–1 mm wide across leafy stem, prostrate to erect, ± complanate-foliate. <b>Leaves</b> erect-spreading, basally imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, symmetric, concave, 0.7–1.5 × 0.2–0.5 mm; margins plane or narrowly recurved nearly to apex, entire at apex or sometimes with few serrulations; apex acuminate, not abruptly contracted; costa ending just beyond leaf base, often ecostate; alar cells rectangular, 26–72 × 12–19 µm, in 1–5 vertical rows, terminating in 1 cell at base, region triangular; medial laminal cells 52–150 × 4–10 µm. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction usually present as propagula, 57–108 × 7–14 µm, of 3–6 cells borne in leaf axils, or in clusters without stalks on abaxial leaf surface, or sometimes at leaf apices. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous, rarely fruiting. <b>Seta</b> light brown to orange-brown, 0.6–1 cm, straight. <b>Capsule</b> erect or rarely inclined, light brown to orange-brown when mature, straight or rarely somewhat arcuate, 0.5–1.2 × 0.2–0.6 mm, smooth, slightly wrinkled at neck when dry; operculum conic-apiculate to short-rostrate, 0.4–0.6 mm; endostome cilia absent, or 1 or 2, rudimentary. <b>Spores</b> 9–13 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Swamps, fens, marshes, inundated woods on rotten logs, stumps, base of trees, humus
|elevation=low elevations (50-100 m)
|distribution=N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;Wis.;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Plagiothecium latebricola</i> is a rare species of northeastern North America, where it always occurs in wet habitats. The species is the smallest in the genus and is distinguished by short stems to 2 cm; erect-spreading, mostly symmetric, somewhat concave leaves 0.7–1.5 mm; medial laminal cells 4–10 µm wide; tapering decurrencies composed of rectangular cells; and erect, straight capsules that are not contracted below the mouth.</p>
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name=Plagiothecium latebricola
|authority=Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Isopterygium latebricola;Leskea latebricola;Plagiotheciella latebricola
|basionyms=
|family=Plagiotheciaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Swamps, fens, marshes, inundated woods on rotten logs, stumps, base of trees, humus
|elevation=low elevations (50-100 m)
|distribution=N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;Wis.;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=1851
|special status=
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|genus=Plagiothecium
|species=Plagiothecium latebricola
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