View source for Orthothecium rufescens

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|accepted_name=Orthothecium rufescens
|accepted_authority=(Bridel) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|place=5: 107. 1851
|year=1851
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hypnum rufescens
|authority=Bridel
|rank=species
|publication_title=Muscol. Recent.
|publication_place=2(2): 95. 1801
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hypnaceae;Orthothecium;Orthothecium rufescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Orthothecium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Orthothecium rufescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 556
|treatment_page=page 555
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>large, in mats, reddish to brownish. <b>Stems</b> 4–10 cm, 3 mm wide, erect or ascending, sparingly branched. <b>Leaves</b> ± appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist, straight, linear-lanceolate, strongly plicate, 3 mm; base not decurrent; margins plane, entire; apex slenderly long-acuminate; ecostate; basal laminal cells shorter than medial cells, golden brown; medial cells linear, 65–85 × 4–5 µm. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Sporophytes</b> unknown.</span><!--

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|habitat=Moist tundra, soil, granite, limestone, schist
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-1700 m)
|distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Yukon;Alaska;Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Orthothecium rufescens</i>, like <i>O. chryseum</i>, is large and robust with distinctly plicate leaves, but can be distinguished by the reddish color and slenderly acuminate leaves.</p>
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name=Orthothecium rufescens
|authority=(Bridel) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Hypnum rufescens
|family=Hypnaceae
|habitat=Moist tundra, soil, granite, limestone, schist
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-1700 m)
|distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Yukon;Alaska;Europe;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=1851
|special status=
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|genus=Orthothecium
|species=Orthothecium rufescens
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