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|accepted_name=Homalia
|accepted_authority=Bridel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryol. Univ.
|place=1: xlvi, 2: 325, 763, 807, 812. 1827
|year=1827
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Neckeraceae;Homalia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Neckeraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Homalia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek homalos, even or level, alluding to strongly complanate leaves
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 602, 603, 653
|treatment_page=page 608
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>medium-sized, shelf-forming, green to yellowish green, shiny. <b>Stems</b> creeping, sparsely to irregularly branched; paraphyllia absent. <b>Secondary</b> stem and branch leaves erect-spreading, oblong-ovate to oblong-obovate, asymmetric, flat; margins entire proximally, serrulate to serrate at apex, teeth not recurved; apex rounded, obtuse, or obtuse-apiculate; costa single [double, very short]; laminal cells rounded-hexagonal to linear, walls porose or not. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous [synoicous or dioicous]; reproductive branches without leaflike paraphyses; perichaetial inner leaves ovate [broadly lanceolate]. <b>Seta</b> 1–1.5[–2] cm. <b>Capsule</b> oblong-cylindric [oblong-ovoid]; exostome teeth lanceolate, densely cross striate and papillose basally, vertically papillose and hyaline distally; endostome basal membrane well developed, segments smooth proximally, papillose distally. <b>Spores</b> 11–14[–16] µm.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (Brazil);Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>In the field, species of <i>Homalia</i> are easily distinguished by the flat stems and glossy plants. Pseudoparaphyllia are absent in plants in the flora area, but may be present in extrafloral species.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=he1997a
|text=He, S. 1997. A revision of Homalia (Musci: Neckeraceae). J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 81: 1–52.
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name=Homalia
|author=Inés Sastre-De Jesús
|authority=Bridel
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Neckeraceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (Brazil);Europe;Asia.
|reference=he1997a
|publication title=Bryol. Univ.
|publication year=1827
|special status=
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|genus=Homalia
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