Bryoxiphiales

<i>Bryoxiphium</i>

Bryoxiphium

Genus of mosses

Bryoxiphium is the only genus of moss in family Bryoxiphiaceae, described as a genus in 1869.[2][1][3][4]

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Bryoxiphium is native to North America, East Asia, and certain islands in the North Atlantic.[5]

Species[6]
  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. [1]
    Tropicos, Bryoxiphium Mitt.
  2. [2]
    Mitten, William. 1869. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 12:580 Tropicos erroneously says page 850; descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. [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. [4]
    Eggers, J. 1982. Artenliste der moose Makaronesiens. Cryptogamie: Bryologie, Lichénologie 3: 283–335
  5. [5]
    Bryophyte Flora of North America, vol 1, Bryoxiphiaceae Bescherelle
  6. [6]
    The Plant List, search for Bryoxiphium


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