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|accepted_name=Taxithelium planum
|accepted_authority=(Bridel) Mitten
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Linn. Soc., Bot.
|place=12: 496. 1869
|year=1869
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Hypnum planum
|authority=Bridel
|rank=species
|publication_title=Muscol. Recent., suppl.
|publication_place=2: 97. 1812
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Sematophyllaceae;Taxithelium;Taxithelium planum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Sematophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Taxithelium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Taxithelium planum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 582
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in thin to dense mats. <b>Stems</b> with branches 0.2–2 cm. <b>Leaves</b> sometimes with lateral leaves spreading and dorsal and ventral leaves appressed, contracted, smaller; supra-alar cells few to many, subquadrate, in 1 or 2 rows, often 1 row extending up margin. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction rare, by filamentous gemmae. <b>Perigonia</b> and perichaetia on stems or base of branches. <b>Capsule</b> with exostome teeth 16, subulate, striolate; endostome basal membrane medium to high, segments equal to and alternating with exostome teeth, cilia 1–3, appendiculate. <b>Calyptra</b> smooth. <b>Spores</b> spheric, 12–22 µm, smooth to finely papillose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature late summer.
|habitat=Tree bark, exposed roots, rotten logs
|elevation=low elevations
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|tables=
|references=
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name=Taxithelium planum
|authority=(Bridel) Mitten
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Hypnum planum
|family=Sematophyllaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature late summer.
|habitat=Tree bark, exposed roots, rotten logs
|elevation=low elevations
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Linn. Soc., Bot.
|publication year=1869
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Taxithelium
|species=Taxithelium planum
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