View source for Physcomitrella patens

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|accepted_name=Physcomitrella patens
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryol. Europ.
|place=1: 13. 1849,
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Phascum patens
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=20. 1801
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aphanorrhegma patens
|authority=(Hedwig) Lindberg
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Funariaceae;Physcomitrella;Physcomitrella patens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Funariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Physcomitrella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Physcomitrella patens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 41, 181
|treatment_page=page 195
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 5 mm. <b>Stems</b> to 3.5 mm. <b>Leaves</b> to 2.5 × 1 mm, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate to obovate, acuminate, not or weakly concave, margin of lanceolate leaves somewhat reflexed when dry, serrulate in distal 1/3, rarely below leaf median; costa ending near apex; proximal cells 65–135 × 15–45 µm, distal cells 36–66 × 12–27 µm; marginal cells sometimes longer that medial laminal cells, reaching 150 µm. <b>Calyptra</b> entire at base. <b>Spores</b> 21–33 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Aug–Jan.
|habitat=Early pioneer on wet mineral soil, river banks, fields
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Va.;c;n Europe;Asia (w Siberia).
|discussion=<p><i>Physcomitrella patens</i> is fairly variable in leaf shape and stature. The species is similar to <i>Aphanorrhegma</i>, with which it is broadly sympatric, but far less common. It differs from <i>A. serratum</i> by the thin-walled exothecial cells and the unlobed calyptra.</p>
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name=Physcomitrella patens
|authority=(Hedwig) Bruch & Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aphanorrhegma patens
|basionyms=Phascum patens
|family=Funariaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Aug–Jan.
|habitat=Early pioneer on wet mineral soil, river banks, fields
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Va.;c;n Europe;Asia (w Siberia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_264.xml
|genus=Physcomitrella
|species=Physcomitrella patens
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