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|accepted_name=Pseudephemerum nitidum
|accepted_authority=(Hedwig) Loeske
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Stud. Morph. Laubm.,
|place=75. 1910,
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Phascum nitidum
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication_place=19. 1801
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phascum axillare
|authority=Smith
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pleuridium axillare
|authority=(Smith) Lindberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pleuridium nitidum
|authority=(Hedwig) Rabenhorst
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ditrichaceae;Pseudephemerum;Pseudephemerum nitidum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ditrichaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pseudephemerum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pseudephemerum nitidum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 467
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stem </b>leaves erect-spreading, lanceolate, to 1.8 mm at stem tip, base ovate, margins plane, entire, serrulate at the flat apex. <b>Seta</b> 1(–2), short, erect. <b>Capsule</b> pale brown, 0.5–0.65 mm, ovoid with a short point, smooth, exothecial cells hyaline, quadrate, stomata only on proximal part of capsule. <b>Calyptra</b> 0.3–0.4 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Nov.
|habitat=Damp soil, silt hammocks in grassy areas near river banks
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Oreg.;Mexico;South America;Europe;Asia (Assam;Japan;Nepal);Africa (Congo;Kenya;Rwanda;Uganda;Zaire);Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia (Tasmania).
|discussion=<p>This species is readily recognized by the lax and undifferentiated leaf cells, and the serrulate leaf tips. Vegetatively, it is superficially similar to <i>Pohlia</i>, <i>Bryum</i>, or <i>Leptobryum</i> species by the thin-walled laminal cells and the serrated leaf apices, but the rough papillose rhizoids of these genera distinguish them from <i>Pseudephemerum nitidum</i>. E. Nyholm (1986+) reported asexual reproduction of <i>P. nitidum</i> by spherical gemmae. <i>Pseudephemerum nitidum</i> is newly reported from Oregon and Mexico from similar habitats (Yip K. L. 2002). The previous reports of this species in Canada could be verified only from a specimen from Richmond, British Columbia (Schofield 22437, UBC, WTU). A Nova Scotia report could not be confirmed after re-examination of the reported specimens (Yip 1998).</p>
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name=Pseudephemerum nitidum
|authority=(Hedwig) Loeske
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Phascum axillare;Pleuridium axillare;Pleuridium nitidum
|basionyms=Phascum nitidum
|family=Ditrichaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Nov.
|habitat=Damp soil, silt hammocks in grassy areas near river banks
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Oreg.;Mexico;South America;Europe;Asia (Assam;Japan;Nepal);Africa (Congo;Kenya;Rwanda;Uganda;Zaire);Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia (Tasmania).
|reference=None
|publication title=Stud. Morph. Laubm.,
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_678.xml
|genus=Pseudephemerum
|species=Pseudephemerum nitidum
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