View source for Scleropodium cespitans

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|accepted_name=Scleropodium cespitans
|accepted_authority=(Müller Hal.) L. F. Koch
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Leafl. W. Bot.
|place=6: 31. 1950
|year=1950
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hypnum cespitans
|authority=Müller Hal.
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syn. Musc. Frond.
|publication_place=2: 354. 1851,
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Scleropodium apocladum
|authority=(Mitten) Grout
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Brachytheciaceae;Scleropodium;Scleropodium cespitans
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brachytheciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scleropodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Scleropodium cespitans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 464, 466
|treatment_page=page 465
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>medium-sized, in moderately dense mats, green to brownish. <b>Stems</b> to 10 cm, leafy shoots (0.4–)0.6–0.9 mm wide, branches moderately or sometimes strongly julaceous. <b>Stem</b> leaves closely imbricate, ovate, 0.8–1.6 × 0.3–0.8 mm, length to width ratio 1.6–2.6:1; margins weakly serrulate to subentire proximally, serrulate near apex; apex acute or very short-acuminate; alar cells enlarged, 10–14 µm, walls thin, region small, distinctly delimited; laminal cells 30–65 × 4–6 µm; basal juxtacostal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, 10–20 × 7–10 µm. <b>Seta</b> to 1.2 cm, strongly to moderately rough throughout. <b>Capsule</b> suberect to inclined. <b>Spores</b> 13–16 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Tree bases, tree roots, rotten logs, rock
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (0-1300 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;w Eurasia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands.
|discussion=<p>A number of characters separate <i>Scleropodium cespitans</i> from the widespread <i>S. touretii</i>, but when the latter is represented by small plants, then the most reliable distinction is characters of the leaf base: basal cells in <i>S. cespitans</i> are reduced, and when the leaf separates only small remains of cells remain on the stem, whereas <i>S. touretii</i> has long and stiff basal cells, considerable portions of which are left on the stem when the leaf is detached (a similar pattern is commonly seen in <i>Homalothecium</i>). Also, stems of <i>S. cespitans</i> are usually more slender than those of <i>S. touretii</i>, with branches often much thinner than the stems, 0.4–0.5 mm wide. The basal juxtacostal cells are not pigmented, in two or three rows; the laminal cells have obtuse angles.</p>
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name=Scleropodium cespitans
|authority=(Müller Hal.) L. F. Koch
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Scleropodium apocladum
|basionyms=Hypnum cespitans
|family=Brachytheciaceae
|habitat=Tree bases, tree roots, rotten logs, rock
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (0-1300 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;w Eurasia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=Leafl. W. Bot.
|publication year=1950
|special status=
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|genus=Scleropodium
|species=Scleropodium cespitans
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