View source for Saelania glaucescens

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|accepted_name=Saelania glaucescens
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Brotherus in J. O. Bomansson and V. F. Brotherus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. O. Bomansson and V. F. Brotherus, Herb. Mus. Fenn., Musci,
|place=53. 1894,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Trichostomum glaucescens
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=112. 1801
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ditrichaceae;Saelania;Saelania glaucescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ditrichaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saelania]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saelania glaucescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 458
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>1–2.5(–3.5) mm, proximal leaves small, the distal and perichaetial leaves gradually acuminate, ± subulate from a lanceolate base; costa with a single row of guide cells, and both adaxial and abaxial stereid bands, or adaxial stereid band sometimes weak or rarely absent; lamina cells often irregularly 2-stratose towards the apex and occasionally elsewhere. <b>Seta</b> to 15 mm. <b>Capsule</b> with operculum to 1 mm. <b>Spores</b> 15–20(–22) µm, greenish to yellow-brown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature early summer–late fall.
|habitat=Soil on steep banks, particularly those protected by overhangs, frequent on roadsides, soil in sheltered rock crevices
|elevation=moderate to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Iowa;Mich.;Minn.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;n Eurasia;e Asia;s Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand).
|discussion=<p>The whitish to bluish coloration of the leaves is characteristic. Often thought to have been fungal or cyanobacterial in origin, the granular or thread-like surface material responsible for the glaucous coloration is a diterpene.</p>
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name=Saelania glaucescens
|authority=(Hedwig) Brotherus in J. O. Bomansson and V. F. Brotherus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Trichostomum glaucescens
|family=Ditrichaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature early summer–late fall.
|habitat=Soil on steep banks, particularly those protected by overhangs, frequent on roadsides, soil in sheltered rock crevices
|elevation=moderate to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Iowa;Mich.;Minn.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;n Eurasia;e Asia;s Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand).
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. O. Bomansson and V. F. Brotherus, Herb. Mus. Fenn., Musci,
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_663.xml
|genus=Saelania
|species=Saelania glaucescens
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