View source for Orthothecium rufescens

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|accepted_name=Orthothecium rufescens
|accepted_authority=(Bridel) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|place=5: 107. 1851
|year=1851
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hypnum rufescens
|authority=Bridel
|rank=species
|publication_title=Muscol. Recent.
|publication_place=2(2): 95. 1801
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hypnaceae;Orthothecium;Orthothecium rufescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Orthothecium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Orthothecium rufescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 556
|treatment_page=page 555
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism size;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>large, in mats, reddish to brownish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem some measurement;stem width;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>4–10 cm, 3 mm wide, erect or ascending, sparingly branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf fixation or orientation;leaf orientation;leaf course;leaf shape;leaf architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation;leaf some measurement"><b>Leaves </b>± appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist, straight, linear-lanceolate, strongly plicate, 3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="base shape">base not decurrent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin shape;margin architecture or shape">margins plane, entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">apex slenderly long-acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="apex shape">ecostate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="basal laminal cell height or length or size;basal laminal cell coloration">basal laminal cells shorter than medial cells, golden brown;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="medial cell arrangement or course or shape;medial cell length;medial cell width;medial cell development;medial cell reproduction;medial cell presence">medial cells linear, 65–85 × 4–5 µm. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties=""><b>Sporophytes </b>unknown.</span><!--

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|habitat=Moist tundra, soil, granite, limestone, schist
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-1700 m)
|distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Yukon;Alaska;Europe;Asia
|discussion=<p>Orthothecium rufescens, like O. chryseum, is large and robust with distinctly plicate leaves, but can be distinguished by the reddish color and slenderly acuminate leaves.</p>
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name=Orthothecium rufescens
|authority=(Bridel) Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Hypnum rufescens
|family=Hypnaceae
|habitat=Moist tundra, soil, granite, limestone, schist
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-1700 m)
|distribution=Greenland;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Yukon;Alaska;Europe;Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=1851
|special status=
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|genus=Orthothecium
|species=Orthothecium rufescens
|apex shape=long-acuminate
|basal laminal cell coloration=golden brown
|basal laminal cell height or length or size=shorter
|base shape=not decurrent
|leaf architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate
|leaf course=straight
|leaf fixation or orientation=appressed
|leaf orientation=erect-spreading
|leaf shape=linear-lanceolate
|leaf some measurement=3
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=plane
|medial cell arrangement or course or shape=linear
|medial cell development=specialized
|medial cell length=65um;85um
|medial cell presence=absent
|medial cell reproduction=asexual
|medial cell width=4um;5um
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stem some measurement=4cm;10cm
|stem width=3
|whole_organism coloration=reddish;brownish
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism size=large
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