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|accepted_name=Aloina aloides var. ambigua
|accepted_authority=(Bruch & Schimper) E. J. Craig in A. J. Grout
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. J. Grout, Moss Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 214. 1939,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Barbula ambigua
|authority=
|rank=species
|publication_title=Bryol. Europ.
|publication_place=2: 76, plate 139. 1842
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Pottiaceae;Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae;Aloina;Aloina aloides;Aloina aloides var. ambigua
|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>[[Aloina]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Aloina aloides]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Aloina aloides var. ambigua]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 616
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 2.5 mm. <b>Leaves</b> ligulate to lingulate, 1–2.8 mm, margins entire, undifferentiated at base, apex cucullate to nearly open; costa subpercurrent to percurrent, filaments of 3–6 cells, cells subspheric; cells of leaf base 15–64 µm, medial and distal cells 11–24 µm, occasionally with large solid papillae at leaf tip. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous or rhizoautoicous. <b>Seta</b> 5.5–12.5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> urn cylindric, 1.5–3 mm; operculum campanulate, 1–1.4 mm; peristome 600–1200 µm, strongly twisted. <b>Spores</b> 13–24 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Jan–May.
|habitat=Low, desert areas, banks and dry washes, soil and limestone
|elevation=moderate elevations (400-800 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);Europe;Asia (India;Israel;Jordan;Lebanon;Turkey);n Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>In <i></i>var.<i> ambigua</i>, the cylindric capsules with a long and twisted peristome are distinctive. Forms with short-lingulate leaves may be confused with <i>Aloina hamulus</i> when sterile. Outside North America, <i></i>var.<i> ambigua</i> may occur as high as 2100 m.</p>
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name=Aloina aloides var. ambigua
|authority=(Bruch & Schimper) E. J. Craig in A. J. Grout
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Barbula ambigua
|family=Pottiaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Jan–May.
|habitat=Low, desert areas, banks and dry washes, soil and limestone
|elevation=moderate elevations (400-800 m)
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California);Europe;Asia (India;Israel;Jordan;Lebanon;Turkey);n Africa;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. J. Grout, Moss Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_897.xml
|subfamily=Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae
|genus=Aloina
|species=Aloina aloides
|variety=Aloina aloides var. ambigua
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