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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Philonotis cernua
|accepted_authority=(Wilson) D. G. Griffin & W. R. Buck
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryologist
|place=92: 376. 1989
|year=1989
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Glyphocarpa cernua
|authority=Wilson
|rank=species
|publication_title=J. Bot. (Hooker)
|publication_place=3: 383. 1841
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Bartramidula carolinae
|authority=Flowers
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Bartramiaceae;Philonotis;Philonotis cernua
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bartramiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Philonotis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Philonotis cernua]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 98, 106
|treatment_page=page 107
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small, delicate, in lax to dense tufts, glaucous or yellowish throughout. <b>Stems</b> 0.5(–2) cm, erect, simple; tomentose proximally. <b>Leaves</b> laxly erect-appressed, sometimes somewhat secund when dry, erect-spreading when moist, lanceolate, 0.5–1 mm; margins plane to weakly revolute, serrulate distally, teeth single; apex acute to acuminate; costa percurrent, abaxial surface rough; laminal cells prorulose at one or both ends; basal cells similar to distal cells, wider (6–8 µm); distal cells rectangular, 20–30 × 4–6 µm. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Sexual</b> condition synoicous. <b>Seta</b> 0.5–1.5 cm, curved. <b>Capsule</b> 0.8–1.5 mm, smooth to irregularly wrinkled when dry. <b>Spores</b> reniform, 36–44 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Mar–Oct.
|habitat=Wet acidic rock in mountains
|elevation=moderate elevations (1200-1500 m)
|distribution=N.C.;Tenn.;Mexico;Central America;South America;w Europe (United Kingdom).
|discussion=<p><i>Philonotis cernua</i> is a diminutive species that is identified by its synoicous sexual state, globose, smooth to irregularly wrinkled capsules, and lack of a peristome.</p>
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name=Philonotis cernua
|authority=(Wilson) D. G. Griffin & W. R. Buck
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Bartramidula carolinae
|basionyms=Glyphocarpa cernua
|family=Bartramiaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Mar–Oct.
|habitat=Wet acidic rock in mountains
|elevation=moderate elevations (1200-1500 m)
|distribution=N.C.;Tenn.;Mexico;Central America;South America;w Europe (United Kingdom).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryologist
|publication year=1989
|special status=
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|genus=Philonotis
|species=Philonotis cernua
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