Buxbaumia

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Buxbaumia
Buxbaumia viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Class: Polytrichopsida Subclass: Tetraphidae Order: Tetraphidales Family: Buxbaumiaceae Genus: Buxbaumia Hedw.
Species
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Buxbaumia is the botanical name for a genus of twelve species of moss (Bryophyta). It was named to commemorate Johann Christian Buxbaum.

It also was the name of a journal on mosses.