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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Crossidium aberrans
|accepted_authority=Holzinger & E. B. Bartram
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryologist
|place=27: 4, plate 2. 1924,
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Crossidium spatulifolium
|authority=Holzinger & E. B. Bartram
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Pottiaceae;Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae;Crossidium;Crossidium aberrans
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pottiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crossidium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crossidium aberrans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 592
|treatment_page=page 612
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>2–3.5 mm. <b>Leaves</b> lingulate, lanceolate or ovate, 0.7–1.4 mm, margins recurved from near apex to near base, apex rounded or emarginate, piliferous; costa excurrent, with an abaxial epidermis, filaments of 1–4 cells, cells subspheric, with several papillae per cell, terminal cell subspheric; cells of leaf base 13–51 µm, medial and distal cells 11–20 µm, smooth, with 1–2 abaxial papillae or on either side in distal cells. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous or cladautoicous. <b>Seta</b> 8–16 mm. <b>Capsule</b> urn ovoid-cylindric, 1.3–2 mm; operculum 0.5–1 mm; peristome strongly twisted, 650–980 µm. <b>Spores</b> spheric, ovoid or oblong, finely papillose, 9–13 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsule mature Jan–Jun(-Aug).
|habitat=Soil and rocks under shrubs, shaded banks or in open sites in dry washes
|elevation=moderate elevations (600-1500 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora);n Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Crossidium aberrans</i> is easily distinguished by the smooth or 1-papillose cells of the distal leaf blade and by the low filaments with subglobose-papillose terminal cells.</p>
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name=Crossidium aberrans
|authority=Holzinger & E. B. Bartram
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Crossidium spatulifolium
|basionyms=
|family=Pottiaceae
|phenology=Capsule mature Jan–Jun(-Aug).
|habitat=Soil and rocks under shrubs, shaded banks or in open sites in dry washes
|elevation=moderate elevations (600-1500 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora);n Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryologist
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_886.xml
|subfamily=Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae
|genus=Crossidium
|species=Crossidium aberrans
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