Bryoxiphium: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Dicranales
- Family
- Bryoxiphiaceae
- Genus
- Bryoxiphium
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Bryoxiphium
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bryoxiphium
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
- 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
Bryoxiphium in languages:
- Chinese
- 蝦苔屬
- Swedish
- svärdmossor
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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