Bryoxiphium madeirense

Bryoxiphium madeirense
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Bryoxiphiales
Family:	Bryoxiphiaceae
Genus:	Bryoxiphium
Species:	B. madeirense
Binomial name
Bryoxiphium madeirense A.Löve & D.Löve [2]

Bryoxiphium madeirense is a species of moss in the Bryoxiphiaceae family. It is endemic to the Island of Madeira in the North Atlantic, part of Portugal. ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution and habitat

Bryoxiphium madeirense is endemic to Madeira Island, Portugal, with fewer than five known localities and a severely fragmented population. It occurs in moist and dripping volcanic rocks in shaded streams in natural laurel forests, at altitudes between 500 and 1,500 metres (1,600 and 4,900 ft). ^[1]

References

1. Sim-Sim, M.; Gabriel, R.; Hodgetts, N.; Martins, A. (2019). "Bryoxiphium madeirense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T39160A87712937. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T39160A87712937.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Tropicos, Bryoxiphium madeirense Á. Löve & D. Löve
3. Eggers, J. 1982. Artenliste der moose Makaronesiens. Cryptogamie: Bryologie, Lichénologie 3: 283–335
4. Löve, A. & D. Löve. 1953. Studies on Bryoxiphium. Bryologist 56: 73–94; 183–203.