View source for Sematophyllum adnatum

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|accepted_name=Sematophyllum adnatum
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) E. Britton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryologist
|place=5: 65. 1902
|year=1902
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Leskea adnata
|authority=Michaux
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 310. 1803
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Sematophyllaceae;Sematophyllum;Sematophyllum adnatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Sematophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sematophyllum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sematophyllum adnatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 577
|treatment_page=page 574
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>small, green to golden yellow, glossy. <b>Stems</b> 2–3 cm, branches ascending. <b>Leaves</b> erect to erect-spreading, sometimes homomallous, oblong-lanceolate, tapering gradually to apex, 1–1.5 mm; margins reflexed; apex gradually acuminate; alar cells enlarged, inflated, yellow, in 1 row, supra-alar cells several in 2 rows, quadrate to short-rectangular; laminal cells long-rhomboidal. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction rare, by axillary propagula, 1-seriate, rough, branched or unbranched. <b>Seta</b> 0.4–0.8 cm. <b>Capsule</b> erect, 1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature fall.
|habitat=Logs, bark of tree bases, rock, swamps
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Ga.;La.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Sematophyllum adnatum</i> resembles <i>Pylaisia</i> (Hypnaceae) in habit, but is distinguished by its strongly differentiated, elongate (not isodiametric) alar cells. The species is introduced in California.</p>
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name=Sematophyllum adnatum
|author=
|authority=(Michaux) E. Britton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Leskea adnata
|family=Sematophyllaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature fall.
|habitat=Logs, bark of tree bases, rock, swamps
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Ga.;La.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryologist
|publication year=1902
|special status=
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|genus=Sematophyllum
|species=Sematophyllum adnatum
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