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|accepted_name=Tortula plinthobia
|accepted_authority=(Sullivant & Lesquereux) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pfanzenfam.
|place=214[I,3]: 430. 1902,
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Desmatodon plinthobius
|authority=Sullivant & Lesquereux
|rank=species
|publication_title=in A. Gray, Manual ed.
|publication_place=2, 628. 1856
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Pottiaceae;Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae;Tortula;Tortula plinthobia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pottiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tortula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tortula plinthobia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 589, 590, 599
|treatment_page=page 596
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>ovate to long-ovate, occasionally ovate-lanceolate, apex broadly acute to rounded, short- to long-awned, margins recurved or revolute in distal 4/5 to apex or nearly so, not bordered; costa short- to long-excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 4(–6) cells across the convex adaxial surface; distal laminal cells hexagonal, 10–13 µm wide, 1:1, strongly papillose with 2-fid papillae. <b>Sexual</b> condition apparently dioicous but probably monoicous, uncommonly clearly autoicous. <b>Sporophytes</b> exerted. <b>Seta</b> 0.6–1 cm. <b>Capsule</b> stegocarpic, cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn length ca. 2 mm; peristome often dehiscent with the operculum, ca. 120–200 µm, teeth of 16 flattened, irregular, oblong segments, weakly twisted, variously divided into 2 branches, basal membrane absent but teeth cohering basally, or present and low; operculum 0.5–1 mm. <b>Spores</b> 8–10 µm, spheric, finely papillose or essentially smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Calcareous rocks, sedimentary outcrops, concrete, mortar, pavements, walls
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Colo.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Utah;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The degenerate peristome is the major distinguishing trait of <i>Tortula plinthobia</i>, which is widespread but endemic to the flora area. It is doubtfully distinct from <i>T. muralis</i> at the species level, and the similar gametophyte coupled with the flattened, weakly twisted 16 teeth, each divided into 2 branches, indicates that this peristome type, also associated with the old genus Desmatodon, is not in itself a trait implying taxonomic distinction at the genus level.</p>
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name=Tortula plinthobia
|authority=(Sullivant & Lesquereux) Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Desmatodon plinthobius
|family=Pottiaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature spring.
|habitat=Calcareous rocks, sedimentary outcrops, concrete, mortar, pavements, walls
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Colo.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Utah;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pfanzenfam.
|publication year=
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|subfamily=Pottiaceae subfam. Pottioideae
|genus=Tortula
|species=Tortula plinthobia
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