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|hierarchy=Bryoxiphiaceae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bryoxiphiaceae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism size;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>small.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture or shape;stem architecture or shape;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem arrangement or pubescence;stem architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Stems </b>unbranched or infrequently branched subapically, bulblike or not at proximal end, erect or pendent, loosely to densely tufted, rarely solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="axillary hair shape;axillary hair coloration;basal cell arrangement;basal cell coloration;basal cell coloration">axillary hairs filiform, hyaline, or basal and adjacent cell pale tan or pale rose-violet;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="paraphyllium quantity">paraphyllia none;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="pseudoparaphyllium quantity">pseudoparaphyllia none;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="rhizoid position;rhizoid coloration;rhizoid architecture or pubescence or relief">rhizoids basal, light-brown to reddish, smooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>distichous, tightly imbricate, changing little when dry, conduplicate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement or vernation;leaf architecture;abaxial lamella position">1-costate, costae supporting low abaxial lamellae;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="">laminal cells firm-walled, 1-stratose, smooth, somewhat bulging.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="laminal cell architecture;laminal cell architecture;laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief;laminal cell pubescence or shape;laminal cell reproduction;laminal cell reproduction"><b>Sexual </b>condition dioicous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="paraphyse; paraphyse perigonium position or structure subtype;paraphyse; paraphyse perigonium prominence;paraphyse; paraphyse perigonium character;perichaetium position or structure subtype;perichaetium prominence;perichaetium character;archegonium quantity">perigonia and perichaetia terminal, indistinct, without and with paraphyses, respectively, archegonia about 1/2 length of paraphyses;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="antheridium quantity;archegonium quantity">antheridia and archegonia few.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="sporophyte quantity"><b>Sporophytes </b>single.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seta height or length or size;seta orientation;seta course"><b>Seta </b>short, erect or somewhat curved.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule location;capsule orientation;capsule orientation;capsule architecture or shape"><b>Capsule </b>subglobose, emergent, erect or somewhat inclined, radially symmetric, stomatose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="annulus presence">annulus absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="peristome presence">peristome absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="operculum duration;operculum shape;operculum fixation">operculum persistent, obliquely rostellate, attached to columella after dehiscence.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="calyptra shape"><b>Calyptra </b>cucullate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="spore shape"><b>Spores </b>spheric.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Europe;Asia
|discussion=<p>Genus 1, species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=britton1913a
|text=Britton, E. G. 1913. Bryoxiphiaceae. In: N. L. Britton et al., eds. 1905+. North American Flora.... 47+ vols. New York. Vol. 15, pp. 69–70.
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|id=love1953a
|text=Löve, Á. and D. Löve. 1953. Studies on Bryoxiphium. Bryologist 56: 73–94, 183–203.
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|id=steere1937a
|text=Steere, W. C. 1937. Bryoxiphium norvegicum, the sword moss, as a preglacial and interglacial relic. Ecology 18: 346–358.
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|author=Ronald A. Pursell
|authority=Bescherelle
|rank=family
|parent rank=
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Bryoxiphiaceae
|illustrator=Patricia M. Eckel
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Europe;Asia
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|abaxial lamella position=low
|annulus presence=absent
|antheridium quantity=few
|archegonium quantity=few;1/2
|axillary hair coloration=hyaline
|axillary hair shape=filiform
|basal cell arrangement=adjacent
|basal cell coloration=pale rose-violet;pale tan
|calyptra shape=cucullate
|capsule architecture or shape=symmetric
|capsule location=emergent
|capsule orientation=inclined;erect
|capsule shape=subglobose
|laminal cell architecture=1-stratose;firm-walled
|laminal cell architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|laminal cell pubescence or shape=bulging
|laminal cell reproduction=dioicous;sexual
|leaf architecture=1-costate
|leaf arrangement=imbricate;distichous
|leaf arrangement or vernation=conduplicate
|operculum duration=persistent
|operculum fixation=attached
|operculum shape=rostellate
|paraphyllium quantity=0
|paraphyse; paraphyse perigonium character=length
|paraphyse; paraphyse perigonium position or structure subtype=terminal
|paraphyse; paraphyse perigonium prominence=indistinct
|perichaetium character=length
|perichaetium position or structure subtype=terminal
|perichaetium prominence=indistinct
|peristome presence=absent
|pseudoparaphyllium quantity=0
|rhizoid architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|rhizoid coloration=light-brown;reddish
|rhizoid position=basal
|seta course=curved
|seta height or length or size=short
|seta orientation=erect
|spore shape=spheric
|sporophyte quantity=single
|stem architecture=branched;unbranched
|stem architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|stem architecture or shape=not;bulblike
|stem arrangement or pubescence=tufted
|stem orientation=pendent;erect
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|whole_organism size=small
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