View source for Encalypta alpina

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|accepted_name=Encalypta alpina
|accepted_authority=Smith
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. E. Smith et al., Engl. Bot.
|place=20: 1419. 1805,
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|hierarchy=Encalyptaceae;Encalypta;Encalypta alpina
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Encalyptaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Encalypta]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Encalypta alpina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 173, 178
|treatment_page=page 177
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>20–50 mm, central strand weak, small when present, cells very thin-walled. <b>Leaves</b> oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 2–4 mm; apices acute to acuminate, mucronate to apiculate; margins plane; costa percurrent to ex-current, narrow, papillose; laminal cells 8–16 µm; basal cells long-rectangular, smooth; basal marginal cells weakly differentiated, longer than laminal cells forming border in leaf base. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Seta</b> 6–12 mm, brownish red to black. <b>Capsule</b> cylindric, 1–3 mm, ribbed, gymnostomous, brown; exothecial cells rectangular, walls thickened; peristome absent; operculum 1.5 mm. <b>Calyptra</b> 3–6 mm, lacerate at base, smooth. <b>Spores</b> 30–36 µm, irregular granulate, brown.</span><!--

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|habitat=Mesic sites, soil and rock around waterfalls and seeps in mountain and alpine habitats
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Encalyta alpina is most distinct in its lanceolate leaves, apiculate leaf apices, and lacerate base on the calyptrae. It might be confused with <i>E. rhaptocarpa</i>, but that species has a longer awn, ribbed capsule, and peristome.</p>
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name=Encalypta alpina
|authority=Smith
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Encalyptaceae
|habitat=Mesic sites, soil and rock around waterfalls and seeps in mountain and alpine habitats
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. E. Smith et al., Engl. Bot.
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|genus=Encalypta
|species=Encalypta alpina
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