View source for Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans

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|accepted_name=Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
|accepted_authority=(Bridel) Z. Iwatsuki
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Hattori Bot. Lab.
|place=63: 449. 1987
|year=1987
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Isothecium elegans
|authority=Bridel
|rank=species
|publication_title=Bryol. Univ.
|publication_place=2: 356. 1827
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=H. borrerianum
|authority=Müller Hal.
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Isopterygium elegans
|authority=(Bridel) Lindberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plagiothecium elegans
|authority=(Bridel) Schimper
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. elegans var. gracilens
|authority=(Grout) H. A. Crum, Steere &amp; L. E. Anderson
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. elegans var. schimperi
|authority=(Juratzka & Milde) Limpricht
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. elegans var. terrestre
|authority=(Lindberg) Rau & Hervey
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Hypnaceae;Pseudotaxiphyllum;Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pseudotaxiphyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 560, 578
|treatment_page=page 561
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in thin to dense mats, dark green to yellowish. <b>Stems</b> 3.5 cm, 1–2.5 mm wide, complanate-foliate. <b>Leaves</b> erect-spreading or sometimes secund with apices pointing toward substrate, not upturned-homomallous, close to somewhat distant, lanceolate, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, symmetric, smooth or weakly undulate, 0.3–2 × 0.2–0.7 mm; margins plane, serrulate to entire proximally, serrulate to strongly serrate distally; apex acuminate; costa double, strong; alar cells undifferentiated or quadrate to rectangular, 1–3 on margins; medial laminal cells 48–100 × 4–7 µm; distal cells sometimes minutely prorulose at distal ends on abaxial surface. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction present as propagula clustered in leaf axils below stem apices, 0.5–1.5 mm, yellow to green, not twisted-vermiform, resembling parent plant but smaller, bearing reduced leaves from apex to base of stems. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Seta</b> 1–2.5 cm. <b>Capsule</b> cernuous to pendulous, oblong-ovoid to ovoid, 1–2 mm; operculum conic to short-rostrate. <b>Spores</b> 7–12 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature spring–summer.
|habitat=Woods, acidic rock and soil, humus, base of trees, rotten logs
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2000 m)
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;s South America (Argentina).y
|discussion=<p><i>Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans</i> is morphologically similar to 2. <i>P. distichaceum</i>. For distinctions, see discussion of that species.</p>
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name=Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
|authority=(Bridel) Z. Iwatsuki
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=H. borrerianum;Isopterygium elegans;Plagiothecium elegans;P. elegans var. gracilens;P. elegans var. schimperi;P. elegans var. terrestre
|basionyms=Isothecium elegans
|family=Hypnaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature spring–summer.
|habitat=Woods, acidic rock and soil, humus, base of trees, rotten logs
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-2000 m)
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;s South America (Argentina).y
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Hattori Bot. Lab.
|publication year=1987
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_876.xml
|genus=Pseudotaxiphyllum
|species=Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
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