Bryoxiphium

Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Dicranidae
Ordo: Bryoxiphiales

Familia: Bryoxiphiaceae
Genus: Bryoxiphium
Species: B. madeirense – B. mexicanum – B. norvegicum
Name

Bryoxiphium Mitten 1869, nomen conservandum

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

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

Species[6]

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

References

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