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!Amblystegium Schimp.

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Plants small to medium sized, green to yellowish brown or green. Stems spreading, irregularly pinnately branched; in cross-section hyalodermis absent, central strand present; paraphyllia absent, pseudoparaphyllia foliose. Leaves erect to erect-spreading, ovate-lanceolate or –triangular, smooth, not plicate, base rarely indistinctly decurrent, apex short or long acuminate; margins plane, occasionally reflexed at base, entire to weakly or finely serrulate; costa single, ca. 1/3 to commonly 1/2 to short excurrent; laminal cells smooth, median and upper cells rhomboidal or oblong-rhomboid, thin- to thick-walled, walls entire, rarely porose; alar region undifferentiated to weakly differentiated, cells slightly enlarged, oblong-rectangular. Autoicous. Setae erect, elongate, usually red. Capsules horizontal, rarely erect, urn curved or rarely straight, cylindrical; peristome well developed. Calyptrae cucullate, naked and smooth. Spores mostly lightly papillose.

Plantas pequeñas a medianas, verdes a pardo-amarillentas a -verdosas o verdes. Tallos extendidos, irregularmente pinnados; hialodermis ausente en sección transversal, cordón central presente; paráfilos ausentes, pseudoparáfilos foliosos. Hojas erectas a erecto-extendidas, ovado-lanceoladas o –triangulares, lisas, no plicadas, base raramente no claramente decurrente, ápice corto o largo-acuminado; márgenes planos, ocasionalmente reflexos en la base, enteros a levemente o finamente serrulados; costa simple, aprox. 1/3 a comúnmente 1/2 del largo de la hoja a corto excurrente; células de la lámina lisas, células mediales y superiores romboidales u oblongo-romboidales, con paredes delgadas a gruesas, paredes enteras, raramente porosas; región alar indiferenciada a levemente diferenciada, células ligeramente agrandadas, oblongo-rectangulares. Autoicas. Seta erecta, alargada, usualmente roja. Cápsulas horizontales, raramente erectas, urna curvada o raramente rectas, cilíndricas; peristoma bien desarrollado. Caliptra cuculada, desnuda y lisa. Esporas mayormente finamente papilosas.

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1. Plants minute, stem leaves 03-0.6 mm long; costa ca. 1/3-1/2 leaf length, to 21 µm wide at leaf base; seta 5-8 mm long; endostome cilia absent or vestigial … A. subtile

1. Plants mostly small to mediaum sized, stem leaves 0.5-2.1 mm long; costa ca. 2/3 or more the leaf length, 21-95 µm wide at leaf base; seta 14 mm or more long; endostome cilia equal to subequal to exostome … 2.

2. Stem leaf costa 60-94 µm wide at leaf base … A. tenax

2. Stem leaf costa to 58 (rarely to 77) µm wide at leaf base … 3

3. Stem leaves 0.5-1.0 mm long; costa ca. 2/3 leaf length, rarely extending into acumen; leaf margins at least partially bluntly serrulate; basal alar cells rectangular or short-rectangular … A. serpens

3. Stem leaves 0.6-2.1 mm long; costa extending into acumen; leaf margins bluntly serrulate or subentire; basal alar cells rectangular or long-rectangular … A. varium

1. Plantas diminutas, hojas del tallo de 03-0.6 mm de largo; costa aprox. 1/3-1/2 del largo foliar, hasta 21 µm de ancho en la base de la hoja base; seta 5-8 mm de largo; cilios del endostoma ausentes o vestigiales … A. subtile

1. Plantas mayormente pequeñas a medianas, hojas del tallo de 0.5-2.1 mm de largo; costa de aprox. 2/3 o más del largo foliar, 21-95 µm de ancho en la base foliar; seta 14 mm o más larga; cilios del endostoma iguales a subiguales al exostoma … 2.

2. Costa de las hojas del tallo de 60-94 µm de ancho en la base foliar … A. tenax

2. Costa de las hojas del tallo de hasta 58 (raramente hasta 77) µm de ancho en la base foliar … 3

3. Hojas del tallo de 0.5-1.0 mm de largo; costa aprox. 2/3 del largo foliar, raramente extendiéndose dentro del acumen; márgenes foliares al menos parcialmente obtusamente serrulados; células alares basales rectangulares o corto-rectangulares … A. serpens

3. Hojas del tallo de 0.6-2.1 mm de largo; costa extendiéndose dentro del acumen; márgenes foliares obtusamente serrulados o subenteros; célula alares basales rectangulares o largo-rectangulares … A. varium