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|accepted_name=Leucodon julaceus
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Sullivant
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Musc. Allegh.,
|place=87. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Pterigynandrum julaceum
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=81. 1801
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Leucodontaceae;Leucodon;Leucodon julaceus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Leucodontaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leucodon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leucodon julaceus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 599
|treatment_page=page 594
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>medium-sized, somewhat glossy. <b>Stems</b> short or rarely elongate, curved, rarely straight and rigidly spreading, julaceous, fragile branchlets absent from distal leaf axils. <b>Branch</b> leaves erect-appressed, not secund, not plicate, 1.1–1.6 mm; apex acute to short-acuminate; apical laminal cells papillose abaxially; terminal cell isodiametric, concolorous. <b>Perigonia</b> common. <b>Perichaetia</b> common. <b>Capsule</b> barely to long-exserted, ovoid-cylindric, symmetric, 1.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 33–40 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Oct–Jun.
|habitat=Tree trunks, logs, rock, soil
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m)
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León;Querétaro;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas;Veracruz);West Indies (Hispaniola).
|discussion=<p><i>Leucodon julaceus</i> is common and widespread in much of the eastern portion of the flora area. The usually short, curved, julaceous branches, non-plicate leaves, and somewhat glossy aspect are characteristic. Plants of <i>L. julaceus</i> with slender, elongate rhizomelike primary stems bearing widely spaced, short, uncinate branches are very different in appearance from more robust plants with inconspicuous primary stems bearing straight, elongate, crowded branches. The plants with elongate stems sometimes form extensive soft, tangled mats and may be mistaken for mosses of other families. In <i>L. andrewsianus</i> and <i>L. brachypus</i>, the leaves are longer and more or less plicate; <i>L. julaceus</i> lacks the clustered fragile branchlets of <i>L. andrewsianus</i>. Capsules of <i>L. julaceus</i> are usually exserted beyond the perichaetial leaves; those of <i>L. brachypus</i> are partially immersed. The calyptra of <i>L. julaceus</i> splits along one side and may remain clasping the seta below the capsule for a time; it sometimes grips the tip of the operculum and, when dry, lifts the operculum to open the capsule, as in <i>Calymperes</i> (Calymperaceae). Most or all of the spores may escape, leaving empty capsules still enclosed by the calyptra, with the calyptra still gripping the operculum.</p>
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name=Leucodon julaceus
|authority=(Hedwig) Sullivant
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Pterigynandrum julaceum
|family=Leucodontaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Oct–Jun.
|habitat=Tree trunks, logs, rock, soil
|elevation=low to moderate elevations (0-1500 m)
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León;Querétaro;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas;Veracruz);West Indies (Hispaniola).
|reference=None
|publication title=Musc. Allegh.,
|publication year=1846
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_931.xml
|genus=Leucodon
|species=Leucodon julaceus
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