Distichium

The genus Distichium has traditionally been considered part of family Ditrichaceae. However, phylogenetic analyses have found Ditrichaceae to be polyphyletic and Distichium part of a protohaplolepidous grade of early branching lineages in Dicranidae. Based on these studies Distichium was restored to Distichiaceae, where it was originally placed by Schimper (1860). ==Species==

The genus contains the following species: • Distichium asperrimum • Distichium austroinclinatum • Distichium brachyphyllum • Distichium brachystegium • Distichium brevifolium • Distichium brevisetum • Distichium bryoxiphioidium • Distichium capillaceum • Distichium crispatum • Distichium hagenii • Distichium inclinatum • Distichium lorentzii • Distichium remotifolium • Distichium setifolium • Distichium strictifolium • Distichium vernicosum ==References==