Bryoxiphium

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

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[1]
Bryoziphium Mitten, alternate spelling Eustichium Bruch & Schimp.

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. 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