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|accepted_name=Entodon
|accepted_authority=Müller Hal.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=18: 704. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Entodontaceae;Entodon
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Entodontaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Entodon]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek entos, inside, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome teeth inserted below capsule mouth
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 506, 645, 646
|treatment_page=page 503
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>medium-sized to moderately large, in extensive mats, lustrous. <b>Stems</b> creeping (spreading to ascending in <i>E. concinnus</i>), irregularly branched to subpinnate, branches relatively short, terete- or complanate-foliate. <b>Leaves</b> oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, not plicate (slightly plicate in <i>E. brevisetus</i>); base not decurrent; alar cells quadrate to subquadrate; laminal cells straight to ± flexuose; basal cells shorter, walls usually porose. <b>Seta</b> single. <b>Capsule</b> yellow- to red-brown; columella exserted; operculum long-conic to obliquely rostrate; prostome absent; exostome teeth yellow-brown to reddish; endostome basal membrane low, segments linear, as long as or shorter than exostome teeth, rarely rudimentary.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 70 (10 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Plants of <i>Entodon</i> are characterized as flattened or terete pleurocarpous mosses with concave leaves and a weak double costa. The alar cells are quadrate and numerous. The two subgenera, <i>Entodon</i> and Erythropus, are separated on sporophytic characters, specifically the color of the seta, the presence or absence of an annulus, and the color and ornamentation of the exostome teeth. The genus is well represented in Andean South America and East Asia. Species are often best identified using exostomial ornamentation, but sterile plants can be identified from leaf characters.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf apices rounded-obtuse; alar cells 2- or 3-stratose; sexual condition dioicous.
|[[Entodon concinnus|Entodon concinnus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf apices acute, acuminate, apiculate, or occasionally obtuse; alar cells 1-stratose; sexual condition autoicous
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Branches terete-foliate
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Branches complanate-foliate
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Setae yellow; leaf apices slender acuminate.
|[[Entodon brevisetus|Entodon brevisetus]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Setae reddish; leaf apices not slender acuminate
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Exostome teeth papillose proximally; sw North America.
|[[Entodon beyrichii|Entodon beyrichii]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Exostome teeth ± smooth or striolate proximally; e North America
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Exostome teeth ± smooth proximally; leaves oblong-ovate to elliptic; apices abruptly acute to apiculate.
|[[Entodon seductrix|Entodon seductrix]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Exostome teeth cross striolate proximally; leaves oblong-ovate; apices acute to gradually short-acuminate.
|[[Entodon sullivantii|Entodon sullivantii]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Setae yellow
|[[#key-0-7| > 7]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Setae reddish
|[[#key-0-8| > 8]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Exostome teeth with internal surface striate; leaves widest near insertion; se United States.
|[[Entodon macropodus|Entodon macropodus]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Exostome teeth with internal surface papillose to smooth; leaves widest at 1/3 leaf length; South Carolina.
|[[Entodon hampeanus|Entodon hampeanus]]
|-id=key-0-8
|8
|Exostome teeth cross striolate; annulus not differentiated.
|[[Entodon schleicheri|Entodon schleicheri]]
|-id=key-0-8
|8
|Exostome teeth papillose; annulus differentiated
|[[#key-0-9| > 9]]
|-id=key-0-9
|9
|Leaf apices gradually acute; margins serrulate and often notched distally.
|[[Entodon cladorrhizans|Entodon cladorrhizans]]
|-id=key-0-9
|9
|Leaf apices broadly acute; margins entire to subentire or with 1 or 2 teeth at extreme apex.
|[[Entodon challengeri|Entodon challengeri]]
|}
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name=Entodon
|authority=Müller Hal.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Entodontaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Linnaea
|publication year=1845
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_781.xml
|genus=Entodon
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