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|accepted_name=Porotrichum
|accepted_authority=(Bridel) Hampe
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=32: 154. 1863
|year=1863
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Climacium subg. Porotrichum
|authority=Bridel
|rank=subgenus
|publication_title=Bryol. Univ.
|publication_place=2: 275. 1827
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Neckeraceae;Porotrichum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Neckeraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Porotrichum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek poros, hole, and trichos, hair, alluding to perforated inner peristome segments
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 602, 603, 647
|treatment_page=page 613
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>medium-sized, dendroid, light green to golden green, shiny. <b>Stems</b> forming stipe perpendicular to substrate, usually pinnate to sparsely branched distally; paraphyllia absent. <b>Secondary</b> stem and branch leaves erect, ovate-oblong, asymmetric, flat; margins serrate, teeth straight; apex acute; costa single, slender, tapering toward apex; basal and medial laminal cells rectangular, walls not porose. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous; perichaetial inner leaves broadly lanceolate-subulate. <b>Seta</b> to 2.5 cm. <b>Capsule</b> oblong-ovoid; exostome teeth lanceolate, external surface with strongly projecting lamellae, usually papillose; endostome basal membrane high, segments papillose to sparsely papillose. <b>Spores</b> 13 µm.</span><!--

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|distribution=w North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 40 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Species of <i>Porotrichum</i> are distinguished by leaves with serrate apices and costae tapering toward the apex. In the flora area, the genus is represented by only one species, while the tropics hold the largest diversity.</p>
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name=Porotrichum
|author=Inés Sastre-De Jesús
|authority=(Bridel) Hampe
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Climacium subg. Porotrichum
|family=Neckeraceae
|distribution=w North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|reference=None
|publication title=Linnaea
|publication year=1863
|special status=
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|genus=Porotrichum
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