Oedipodium

Oedipodium griffithianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Oedipodiopsida Goffinet & W.R.Buck[1]
Order:	Oedipodiales Goffinet & W.R.Buck[1]
Family:	Oedipodiaceae Schimp.[2]
Genus:	Oedipodium Schwägr.[3]
Species:	O. griffithianum
Binomial name
Oedipodium griffithianum (Dickson) Schwägr.[3]

Oedipodium is the only genus of moss in the family Oedipodiaceae; it contains the single species Oedipodium griffithianum. This species is distributed in cooler climates of Eurasia, North and South America, and islands in the northern Atlantic.^[4]

The relationship of Oedipodium to other mosses has been much debated. Previously, the taxon has been included with the Funariales or the Splachnales. However, characteristics of the protonemata and asexual propagation, along with molecular evidence, point to a closer relationship with the Tetraphidaceae.^[4]

The phylogenetic position of Oedipodium among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.[5][1]

Takakiopsida Sphagnopsida Andreaeopsida Andreaeobryopsida Oedipodium Tetraphidopsida Polytrichopsida Bryopsida

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Goffinet, Bernard; William R. Buck (2004). "Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification". Monographs in Systematic Botany. Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes (Missouri Botanical Garden Press) 98: 205–239. 
2. ^ Schimper, Wilhelm Philippe (1876). Synopsis Muscorum Europaea. XCVIII (2nd ed.). Stuttgart. p. 354. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Schwägrichen, Christian Friedrich (1823). Species Muscorum frondosorum. Supplementum 2 (1,1). p. 15. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Crum, Howard A. (2002). "Oedipodiaceae". Flora of North America. 27. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-0-19-531823-4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10623. 
5. ^ Goffinet, B.; W. R. Buck; & A. J. Shaw (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Bernard Goffinet & A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 9780521872256.