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|accepted_name=Lorentziella
|accepted_authority=Müller Hal.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=42: 229. 1879 ,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Gigaspermaceae;Lorentziella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Gigaspermaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lorentziella]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Paul Günter Lorentz, 1835–1881, German bryologist
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 202
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;awn length or size"><b>Leaves </b>imbricate distally, concave, broadly ovate to elliptic, abruptly narrowed to a long awn;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="costa size or width">costa narrow, extending to base of awn.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="capsule prominence;capsule location;base architecture or shape;operculum variability"><b>Capsule </b>immersed to slightly emergent, base truncate, operculum not differentiated.</span><!--

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|distribution=United States;s South America
|discussion=<p>Species 1 or 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Lorentziella is a genus of minute, ephemeral mosses comprising one, or at most two, species. The perennial, subterranean stem or rhizome system gives rise to upright, above-ground plants in late fall–early winter. Above-ground plants are produced in abundance during mild, wet winters but less commonly when conditions are dry. The broadly concave leaves completely surround the globose, cleistocarpous capsules of immersed sporophytes. The glaucous, blue-green color of the above-ground plants is reminiscent of Bryum argenteum while their cabbage shape resembles a small Funaria gametophyte prior to elongation of seta.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=lawton1953a
|text=Lawton, E. 1953. Lorentziella, a moss genus new to North America. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80: 279–288.
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|id=rushing1980a
|text=Rushing, A. E. and J. A. Snider. 1980. Observations on sporophyte development in Lorentziella imbricata (Mitt.) Broth. J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 47: 35–44.
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name=Lorentziella
|authority=Müller Hal.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Gigaspermaceae
|distribution=United States;s South America
|reference=lawton1953a;rushing1980a
|publication title=Linnaea
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Lorentziella
|awn length or size=long
|base architecture or shape=truncate
|capsule location=emergent
|capsule prominence=immersed
|costa size or width=narrow
|leaf arrangement=imbricate
|leaf shape=narrowed;broadly ovate;elliptic
|operculum variability=not differentiated
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