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Bryoxiphium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Bryoxiphiales H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson
Family:	Bryoxiphiaceae Besch.
Genus:	Bryoxiphium Mitten 1869
Synonyms
Bryoziphium Mitten, alternate spelling Eustichium Bruch & Schimp.

Bryoxiphium is the only genus of moss in family Bryoxiphiaceae, described as a genus in 1869.

Bryoxiphium is native to North America, East Asia, and certain islands in the North Atlantic.

Species

1. Bryoxiphium madeirense A. Löve & D. Löve - Madeira
2. Bryoxiphium mexicanum Besch. - Mexico (Jalisco, Distrito Federal, Morelos, Puebla, Veracruz)
3. Bryoxiphium norvegicum (Bridel) Mitten - United States (incl Alaska), Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, Dominican Republic, China, Japan, Korea, Russian Far East

References

1. ^ Tropicos, Bryoxiphium Mitt.
2. Mitten, William. 1869. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 12:580 Tropicos erroneously says page 850; descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
3. Crosby, M. R. & R. E. Magill. 1981. A Dictionary of Mosses, third printing. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 3. 43 pp.
4. Eggers, J. 1982. Artenliste der moose Makaronesiens. Cryptogamie: Bryologie, Lichénologie 3: 283–335
5. Bryophyte Flora of North America, vol 1, Bryoxiphiaceae Bescherelle
6. The Plant List, search for Bryoxiphium

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