View source for Splachnum rubrum

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|accepted_name=Splachnum rubrum
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=56. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Splachnaceae;Splachnum;Splachnum rubrum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Splachnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Splachnum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Splachnum rubrum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 25, 27
|treatment_page=page 26
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>light green or yellow-green. <b>Stems</b> 1.5–3.5 cm. <b>Leaves</b> somewhat crowded at stem apices, obovate, 5–7.5 mm; margins coarsely serrate distally, toothed nearly to base, indistinctly bordered; apex long-acuminate; costa disappearing in acumen somewhat before apex. <b>Seta</b> orange-red, 5–13 cm, straight. <b>Capsule</b> urn orange-brown, 1–1.5 mm; hypophysis bright magenta red, convex-umbrelliform, much wider than urn, smooth; operculum hemispheric, blunt; exostome teeth inserted below mouth, not connate or in pairs, brownish or orange-brown. <b>Spores</b> subspheric, 11–13 µm, yellow-green.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Dung of large boreal herbivores (such as moose), muskeg, boggy habitats
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Alaska;Mich.;n Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>The magenta red, almost iridescent hypophysis on a long seta gives <i>Splachnum rubrum</i> the appearance of a flower. The hypophysis is convex-umbrelliform, unlike the discoid-umbrelliform hypophysis of <i>S. luteum</i>, and 6–11 mm wide. As in <i>S. luteum</i>, the young sporophytes of <i>S. rubrum</i> resemble the mature sporophytes of <i>S. sphaericum</i> and immature sporophytes of <i>S. ampullaceum</i>. The leaves of <i>S. rubrum</i> are less broadly obovate than those of <i>S. luteum</i> or <i>S. sphaericum</i>. Of the mainly boreal North American species of <i>Splachnum</i>, this species is by far the rarest; the plants are often found growing intermixed with <i>S. luteum</i>.</p>
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name=Splachnum rubrum
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Splachnaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Dung of large boreal herbivores (such as moose), muskeg, boggy habitats
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Alaska;Mich.;n Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=1801
|special status=
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|genus=Splachnum
|species=Splachnum rubrum
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