Oxymitra is the only genus in the liverwort family Oxymitraceae, in the order Marchantiales. The genus includes two or three species.

Oxymitra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Marchantiophyta
Class: Marchantiopsida
Order: Marchantiales
Family: Oxymitraceae
Müll.Frib. ex Grolle
Genus: Oxymitra
Bisch. ex Lindenb.
Species

Oxymitra cristata
Oxymitra paleacea

Synonyms
  • Rupinia Corda
  • Tessellina

The species Oxymitra paleacea occurs in Europe, South America and North America (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, on sandstone or igneous substrates). North American plants have sometimes been considered a separate species O. androgyna, but they have more often been included in a wider definition of O. paleacea. The species Oxymitra cristata is found in South Africa.

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