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|accepted_name=Pterigynandrum
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=80, plates 16, 17, 18, figs. 1–5. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Pterigynandraceae;Pterigynandrum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pterigynandraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pterigynandrum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pter- , winged, gyne, female, and andros, male, presumably alluding to lateral position of gametoecia
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 366, 642
|treatment_page=page 367
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form;mat orientation"><b>Plants </b>in pendent to prostrate mats, green to yellow-green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>freely and irregularly branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="paraphyllium presence;paraphyllium quantity">paraphyllia absent or few.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf orientation;leaf shape;leaf arrangement;leaf shape"><b>Leaves </b>erect, somewhat falcate to homomallous, imbricate, oblongelliptic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin orientation;margin orientation;margin architecture or shape">margins narrowly reflexed proximally, erect and serrulate distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="apex shape">apex obtuse to acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="">costa double, short, narrow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="costa height or length or size;costa size or width;cell variability">alar cells weakly differentiated;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="laminal cell shape;wall width">laminal cells oblong-rhombic, prorulose abaxially, walls generally thick.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule shape;capsule architecture or shape"><b>Capsule </b>erect, cylindric, symmetric.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;Europe;Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Pterigynandrum
|author=Dale H. Vitt
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Pterigynandraceae
|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;Europe;Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=1801
|special status=
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|genus=Pterigynandrum
|apex shape=obtuse;acute
|capsule architecture or shape=symmetric
|capsule orientation=erect
|capsule shape=cylindric
|cell variability=differentiated
|costa height or length or size=short
|costa size or width=narrow
|laminal cell shape=oblong-rhombic
|leaf arrangement=imbricate
|leaf orientation=erect
|leaf shape=oblongelliptic;falcate
|margin architecture or shape=serrulate
|margin orientation=erect;reflexed
|mat orientation=pendent;prostrate
|paraphyllium presence=absent
|paraphyllium quantity=few
|stem architecture=branched
|wall width=thick
|whole_organism coloration=green;yellow-green
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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