Oedipodium

Oedipodium is the only genus of moss in the family Oedipodiaceae. It contains the single species Oedipodium griffithianum, the gouty-moss^[5] or Griffith's oedipodium moss.^[6] This species is distributed in cooler climates of Eurasia, as well as from Alaska, Washington state, British Columbia, Yukon, Greenland, Newfoundland, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.^[7]

Oedipodium
Oedipodium griffithianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Polytrichopsida Goffinet & W.R.Buck[1]
Order:	Oedipodiales Goffinet & W.R.Buck[1]
Family:	Oedipodiaceae Schimp.[2]
Genus:	Oedipodium Schwägr.[3]
Species:	O. griffithianum
Binomial name
Oedipodium griffithianum (Dickson) Schwägr.[3]
Synonyms[4]
Bryum griffithianum Dickson Gymnostomum griffithianum (Dickson) Smith Hymenostomum griffithianum (Dicks.) Spreng. Bryum bulbiforme Broth. Gymnomitriella laevifoliaSakurai Splachnum froehlichianum With. Splachnum succulentum Brid.

The relationship of Oedipodium to other mosses has been much debated. Previously, the taxon has been included with the Funariales or the Splachnales. However, characteristics of the protonemata and asexual propagation, along with molecular evidence, point to a closer relationship with the Tetraphidaceae.^[7]

order Oedipodiales familyOedipodiaceae Oedipodium	Takakiopsida Sphagnopsida Andreaeopsida Andreaeobryopsida Oedipodium Tetraphidopsida Polytrichopsida Bryopsida
The phylogenetic position of Oedipodium among the eight classes of mosses, based on inferences from DNA sequence data.[8][1]