View source for Rhizomnium punctatum

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|accepted_name=Rhizomnium punctatum
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) T. J. Koponen
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Bot. Fenn.
|place=5: 143. 1968
|year=1968
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mnium punctatum
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=193. 1801
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rhizomnium punctatum subsp. chlorophyllosum
|authority=(Kindberg) T. J. Koponen
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Mniaceae;Rhizomnium;Rhizomnium punctatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Mniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rhizomnium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rhizomnium punctatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 237, 238
|treatment_page=page 242
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>1–3(–5) cm. <b>Stems</b> dark red or reddish brown when old; micronemata absent. <b>Leaves</b> green to light green, contorted when dry, broadly obovate or elliptic, (2–)3–5(–7) mm; margins pale green or reddish, 2–4-stratose; apex rounded or sometimes obtuse or truncate, short-mucronate or apiculate; costa percurrent or occasionally subpercurrent; medial laminal cells short-elongate or elongate, (50–)65–100(–120) µm, collenchymatous or not, walls pitted; marginal cells linear or short-linear, in 3 or 4 rows. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction by green protonematous rhizoids. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Seta</b> 1.5–3.5 cm. <b>Capsule</b> oblong-cylindric, 2–3.5 mm; operculum conic-rostrate; exostome greenish yellow, lamellae 18+. <b>Spores</b> 29–41 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Forests, stream banks on logs, moist soil, humus, rock, on shaded cliffs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Ga.;Idaho;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tex.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Rhizomnium punctatum</i> is distinguished by the lack of micronemata, percurrent costa, presence of an apiculus, and thick margins.</p>
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name=Rhizomnium punctatum
|authority=(Hedwig) T. J. Koponen
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Rhizomnium punctatum subsp. chlorophyllosum
|basionyms=Mnium punctatum
|family=Mniaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Forests, stream banks on logs, moist soil, humus, rock, on shaded cliffs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Ga.;Idaho;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;Tex.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Bot. Fenn.
|publication year=1968
|special status=
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|genus=Rhizomnium
|species=Rhizomnium punctatum
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