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|accepted_name=Daltonia splachnoides
|accepted_authority=(Smith) Hooker & Taylor
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Muscol. Brit.,
|place=80. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Neckera splachnoides
|authority=Smith
|rank=species
|publication_title=Engl. Bot.
|publication_place=36: plate 2564. 1813
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Daltonia gracilis
|authority=Mitten
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Daltoniaceae;Daltonia;Daltonia splachnoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Daltoniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Daltonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Daltonia splachnoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 252
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>1(–1.5) cm; cortical cells attached at leaf insertion. <b>Leaves</b> scarcely contorted when dry, linear-lanceolate, carinate as narrow median fold, 1–2.3 × 0.4 mm; margins plane or variably revolute on same stem (throughout one side, partially distally or proximally), border distinct to insertion, cells well defined in 6–8 rows at base, 3 or 4 rows mid leaf, ca. 2 rows in acumen; apex acute (not cuspidate or attenuate); basal laminal cells linear-oblong, 50 µm, pellucid, hyaline, cells across insertion usually vivid, dark red; distal cells ovate, rhomboidal, or narrowly rhomboid-hexagonal, 12(–24) × (6–)7 µm, walls incrassate; juxtacostal cells undifferentiated. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction infrequent, by laminal gemmae, orange, fusiform, multicellular. <b>Seta</b> red to red-brown, 0.6–0.7 cm, papillose-scabrous distally. <b>Capsule</b> red-brown to dark brown, obovoid, neck short, papillose; operculum rostrate. <b>Calyptra</b> slightly roughened distally. <b>Spores</b> (10–)14–16 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Base of trees, fallen branches, trunks of shrubs and trees, forests, foggy, hyperoceanic areas
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (0-300 m)
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;w Europe (Ireland);Asia (China);Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>In the flora area, <i>Daltonia splachnoides</i> is known only from San Francisco County, California, in <i>Cupressus</i> and Eucalyptus forests, in partial shade on fallen branches of <i>Cupressus</i> or trunks of <i>Myoporum laetum</i> or bases of Eucalyptus, and from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, first collected by W. B. Schofield on Moresby Island (W. H. Welch 1972). Commonly, <i>D. splachnoides</i> is distinguished by plane leaf margins, but margins are variously partially or completely revolute on one or both sides. The distinction of <i>D. splachnoides</i> from <i>D. gracilis</i> has long been in dispute. P. Majestyk (2011) examined the types of <i>D. gracilis</i> at NY and BM and synonymized the two species, which significantly expanded the distribution of <i>D. splachnoides</i> worldwide. J. Yu et al. (2010) also treated the two species as synonymous. Given that <i>D. splachnoides</i> exemplars group well worldwide, molecular analysis supports the synonymy of the two species, as does the morphological similarity observed.</p>
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name=Daltonia splachnoides
|authority=(Smith) Hooker & Taylor
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Daltonia gracilis
|basionyms=Neckera splachnoides
|family=Daltoniaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Base of trees, fallen branches, trunks of shrubs and trees, forests, foggy, hyperoceanic areas
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (0-300 m)
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;w Europe (Ireland);Asia (China);Atlantic Islands;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Muscol. Brit.,
|publication year=1818
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Daltonia
|species=Daltonia splachnoides
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