View source for Schistidium flaccidum

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|accepted_name=Schistidium flaccidum
|accepted_authority=(De Notaris) Ochyra
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nova Hedwigia
|place=48: 94. 1989,
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Anictangium flaccidum
|authority=De Notaris
|rank=species
|publication_title=Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino
|publication_place=39: 254. 1836
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Grimmia flaccida
|authority=(De Notaris) Lindberg
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Grimmiaceae;Grimmiaceae subfam. Grimmioideae;Schistidium;Schistidium flaccidum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Grimmiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Grimmiaceae subfam. Grimmioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Schistidium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Schistidium flaccidum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 209, 232
|treatment_page=page 216
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in cushions, olivaceous, light brown, or green. <b>Stems</b> 0.5–2 cm, central strand indistinct. <b>Leaves</b> erect or weakly curved when dry, ovate-lanceolate to ovate-triangular strongly keeled distally, 1.3–1.9(–2.4) mm, 1-stratose, rarely with a few 2-stratose striae distally; margins recurved to just before the apex, smooth, 2-stratose with 1-stratose patches; apices acute; costa excurrent as an often long, finely denticulate, straight or flexuose, and sometimes decurrent awn, often embracing part of the lamina, rarely percurrent, smooth; basal marginal cells short-rectangular, usually with transverse walls thicker than longitudinal walls; distal cells mainly ovate or short-rectangular, 7–10 µm wide, smooth, straight or slightly sinuose. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous. <b>Capsule</b> orange-brown or yellow-brown, cupulate, 0.6–0.9 mm; exothecial often irregularly angular, short-elongate or isodiametric, thin-walled or slightly thickened, occasionally with small trigones; rim red; stomata present; operculum mamillate; peristome absent or rudimentary, consisting of basal segments, to 30 µm, yellowish or orange-red, papillose. <b>Spores</b> 8–10 µm, granulose or verruculose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature late spring to early summer.
|habitat=Rock in open to shaded habitats
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (1500-3200 m)
|distribution=Alta.;Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p><i>Schistidium flaccidum</i> is characterized by long and broad-based awns, light-colored capsules with red rims, the rudimentary peristome, and the mamillate rostrum. For comparison to the similar arctic taxon 10. <i>S. cryptocarpum</i>, see the discussion thereunder.</p>
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name=Schistidium flaccidum
|authority=(De Notaris) Ochyra
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Grimmia flaccida
|basionyms=Anictangium flaccidum
|family=Grimmiaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature late spring to early summer.
|habitat=Rock in open to shaded habitats
|elevation=moderate to high elevations (1500-3200 m)
|distribution=Alta.;Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=Nova Hedwigia
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Grimmiaceae subfam. Grimmioideae
|genus=Schistidium
|species=Schistidium flaccidum
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