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|accepted_name=Fissidens curvatus
|accepted_authority=Hornschuch
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=15: 148. 1841,
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Fissidens milobakeri
|authority=L. F. Koch
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|hierarchy=Fissidentaceae;Fissidens;Fissidens curvatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fissidentaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fissidens]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Fissidens curvatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 332, 336
|treatment_page=page 347
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>1.2–10 × 1–2.5 mm. <b>Stem</b> unbranched and branched; axillary hyaline nodules present; central strand weak or absent. <b>Leaves</b> as many as 25 pairs, narrowly lanceolate to ovate–lanceolate, acute to sharply acute to short acuminate, to 1.9 × 0.3; dorsal lamina narrowed proximally, ending before or at insertion, infrequently ± decurrent; vaginant laminae 1/2–4/5 leaf length, ± equal, minor lamina ending on or near margin; margin entire, limbate on all laminae, limbidium confluent at apex or ending shortly before apex, extending to base of dorsal lamina, limbidial cells 2–3-stratose; costa percurrent to excurrent, bryoides-type; laminal cells 1-stratose, distinct, smooth, ± bulging, firm-walled, elongate, 7–22 × 4–13 µm, increasing in size toward proximal part of leaf. <b>Sexual</b> condition rhizoautoicous; perigonia gemmiform, proximal to infertile and fertile stems. <b>Sporophytes</b> 1 per perichaetium. <b>Seta</b> to 12 mm. <b>Capsule</b> theca exserted, ± erect, radially symmetric to inclined, arcuate, bilaterally symmetic, 0.35–1.25 mm; peristome bryoides-type; operculum 0.25–0.3 µm. <b>Calyptra</b> cucullate, smooth, 0.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 11–18 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Bare, shaded soil, often among grasses in open Quercus forests and around bases of coastal shrubs
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico;West Indies;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Caledonia;New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Fissidens curvatus</i> is distinguished by its delicate dimorphic stems, usually long excurrent costa, limbidium confluent at leaf apex, and slightly elongate laminal cells. The theca is usually arcuate but can also be erect.</p>
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name=Fissidens curvatus
|author=
|authority=Hornschuch
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Fissidens milobakeri
|basionyms=
|family=Fissidentaceae
|habitat=Bare, shaded soil, often among grasses in open Quercus forests and around bases of coastal shrubs
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico;West Indies;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Caledonia;New Zealand);Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Linnaea
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|genus=Fissidens
|species=Fissidens curvatus
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