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|accepted_name=Amphidium
|accepted_authority=Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Coroll. Bryol. Eur.,
|place=39. 1856
|year=1856
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orthotrichaceae;Amphidium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orthotrichaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Amphidium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Variant of Amphoridium (nomenclaturally unavailable), diminutive of Greek amphora, flask, alluding to capsule shape
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 39, 663, 665
|treatment_page=page 38
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small, in dense cushions. <b>Stems</b> erect, branches ascending. <b>Leaves</b> twisted and contorted when dry, spreading when moist, linear to narrowly lanceolate, not rugose; margins entire or toothed; apex acute; costa percurrent or short-excurrent; basal laminal cells rectangular; distal cells rounded, 5–11 µm, papillose over lumina and transverse walls, papillae cuticular; marginal cells not much different from basal. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous or dioicous; perichaetial leaves larger than stem leaves. <b>Seta</b> 1–3.5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> mostly emergent to immersed, oblong, 8-ribbed, constricted below mouth; stomata superficial; peristome absent. <b>Calyptra</b> cucullate, smooth, naked, not plicate, covering 1/2 capsule. <b>Spores</b> isosporous.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 12 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Amphidium</i> forms limey green cushions in seepages of non-calcareous rock. The basal laminal cells are smooth. The absence of peristome has led to considerable discussion of the placement of the genus. J. Lewinsky (1976) suggested placement in Orthotrichaceae, while D. H. Vitt (1973) proposed Rhabdoweisiaceae Limpricht. Although <i>Amphidium</i> is treated here in Orthotrichaceae, recent DNA evidence indicates closer relationships with Haplolepideae [unranked] (B. Goffinet et al. 1998) and Rhabdoweisiaceae (M. Stech 1999b).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=stech1999a
|text=Stech, M. 1999b. A molecular systematic contribution to the position of Amphidium Schimp. (Rhabdoweisiaceae, Bryopsida). Nova Hedwigia 68: 291–300.
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf margins toothed or notched distally.
|[[Amphidium californicum|Amphidium californicum]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf margins entire
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Sexual condition autoicous; leaves ligulate-lanceolate; distal laminal cells 8-11 µm, obscured by papillae, papillae relatively large, warty; operculum short-rostrate, less than diam. of capsule; capsules immersed to 1/2 emergent.
|[[Amphidium lapponicum|Amphidium lapponicum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Sexual condition dioicous; leaves linear-lanceolate; distal laminal cells 5-9 µm, slightly obscured by papillae, papillae small, elliptic; operculum rostrate, greater than diam. of capsule; capsules barely exserted.
|[[Amphidium mougeotii|Amphidium mougeotii]]
|}
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name=Amphidium
|authority=Schimper
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orthotrichaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=stech1999a
|publication title=Coroll. Bryol. Eur.,
|publication year=1856
|special status=
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|genus=Amphidium
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