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|accepted_name=Fissidens subbasilaris
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=155, plate 39, figs. 6–9. 1801,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fissidentaceae;Fissidens;Fissidens subbasilaris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fissidentaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fissidens]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Fissidens subbasilaris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 335
|treatment_page=page 342
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 12 × 1.5–3.5 mm. <b>Stem</b> branched; axillary hyaline nodules absent; central strand present. <b>Leaves</b> as many as 28 pairs, sometimes ± undulate, oblong, obtuse-apiculate to acute, to 2.4 × 0.3–0.4 mm; dorsal lamina narrowed proximally, ending before or at insertion; vaginant laminae 1/2–2/3 leaf length, acute, ± unequal, minor lamina ending near margin; margin evenly crenulate-serrulate but irregularly serrate distally; costa ending 6–16 cells before apex, covered and obscured above by chlorophyllose cells, taxifolius-type; lamina cells irregularly 2-stratose, smooth, bulging, firm-walled, irregularly rounded-hexagonal, 7.5–10 µm. <b>Sexual</b> condition gonioautoicous and cladautoicous; perigonia gemmiform, axillary, and on short branches; perichaetia on short axillary branches near proximal ends of stem. <b>Sporophytes</b> 1 per perichaetium. <b>Seta</b> 1.5–5.5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> theca 0.8–2.1 mm, erect, radially symmetric or nearly so; peristome taxifolius-type; operculum long rostrate, 0.6–0.9 mm. <b>Calyptra</b> cucullate, smooth, 1.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 13–18 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Particularly around bases of trees, also rocks, mostly limestone, infrequently decaying wood
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico (San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p>Fissidens subbasilaris is distinguished, even in the field, by a costa obscured by chlorophyllose cells distally, and short perichaetial branches in the axils of proximal leaves. The plants are typically dark-green and often tinged with red.</p>
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name=Fissidens subbasilaris
|author=
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Fissidentaceae
|habitat=Particularly around bases of trees, also rocks, mostly limestone, infrequently decaying wood
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico (San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
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|genus=Fissidens
|species=Fissidens subbasilaris
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