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As discussed in detail by A. E. Rushing (1986), Bruchia flexuosa is the most widely distributed and most morphologically variable species of the genus.
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Description
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Distal leaves long-subulate beyond an ovate, obovate, or elliptic base, 0.9-3.1 mm, leaf base usually strongly differentiated in shape; distal laminal cells short- to long-rectangular. Sexual condition paroicous. Seta 0.5-3 mm. Capsule neck short, obovate. Spores spinose or occasionally spinose-reticulate. Calyptra smooth.
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Synonym
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Phascum flexuosum Schwägrichen, Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 2(1,1): 101. 1823; Bruchia brevicollis Lesquereux & James; B. donnellii Austin; B. sullivantii Austin
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