PLANTS Profile for Pyxidanthera brevifolia (littleleaf pixiemoss)

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Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells
littleleaf pixiemoss

Symbol:

PYBR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Diapensiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells

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Synonyms:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells

PYBAB

Pyxidanthera barbulata Michx. var. brevifolia (Wells) H.E. Ahles

Native Status:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells

View 4 genera in Diapensiaceae, 2 species in Pyxidanthera

Classification:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Diapensiales
Family	Diapensiaceae – Diapensia family
Genus	Pyxidanthera Michx. – pyxidanthera
Species	Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells – littleleaf pixiemoss

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

North Carolina:
Pyxidanthera barbulata var. brevifolia
Wells' pyxie-moss		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Pyxidanthera brevifolia Wells

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504707.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 12:33 PM CDT