View source for Leskea polycarpa

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Leskea polycarpa
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=225. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leskea arenicola
|authority=Best
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=L. polycarpa var. paludosa
|authority=(Hedwig) Schimper
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Leskeaceae;Leskea;Leskea polycarpa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leskeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leskea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leskea polycarpa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 350, 475
|treatment_page=page 352
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>pale green or brownish. <b>Stems</b> with branches spreading, loosely foliate, somewhat curved at apices. <b>Stem</b> and branch leaves differentiated. <b>Stem</b> leaves distinctly longer than broad, 0.8–1.2 mm; apex somewhat obliquely acuminate and subsecund. <b>Branch</b> leaves remote to ± crowded, ovate-lanceolate, not or slightly plicate, 0.5–0.8 mm; margins plane to somewhat recurved proximally; apex blunt or acute, usually somewhat oblique and subsecund; costa ending near apex; distal laminal cells 7–9 µm, papillose abaxially. <b>Seta</b> orange-brown to red, 0.7–1.2 cm. <b>Capsule</b> brown to yellow-brown, subcylindric, curved, 2–3 mm; annulus 2 (or 3)-seriate; operculum short to occasionally long-conic; exostome teeth yellowish to brownish yellow; endostome segments somewhat shorter than exostome teeth. <b>Spores</b> 9–13 µm, very finely papillose or nearly smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Mar–Nov.
|habitat=Base and lower trunks of hardwood and coniferous trees, soil around tree bases, logs, rock, low areas near streams and creeks, roofs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (10-1100 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia;Africa.
|discussion=<p><i>Leskea polycarpa</i> is distinguished by branches typically curved at the apices, clearly differentiated stem leaves that are distinctly longer than wide and somewhat oblique and subsecund at the apices, and capsules that are subcylindric and curved.</p><!--
--><p><i>Leskea</i> angustata Taylor</p><!--
--><p><i>Leskea</i> angustata was cited for the flora area by L. E. Anderson et al. (1990). However, no voucher specimens or other literature citations of L. angustata for the area have been seen; it is consequently excluded from this treatment.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Leskea polycarpa
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Leskea arenicola;L. polycarpa var. paludosa
|basionyms=
|family=Leskeaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Mar–Nov.
|habitat=Base and lower trunks of hardwood and coniferous trees, soil around tree bases, logs, rock, low areas near streams and creeks, roofs
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (10-1100 m)
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia;Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=1801
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_547.xml
|genus=Leskea
|species=Leskea polycarpa
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