''Pyxidanthera'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family

Diapensiaceae Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, which includes 15 species in 6 genera. The genera include '' Berneuxia'' Decne. (1 species), '' Diapensia'' L. (5 species), ''Galax'' Sims (1 species), '' Pyxidanthera'' Michx. (2 species), '' ...

. The most widespread species, ''

Pyxidanthera barbulata ''Pyxidanthera barbulata'', the flowering pixiemoss, is a species of flowering plant in the family Diapensiaceae. It is native to the eastern United States, occurring on the coast from Long Island to New Jersey and Virginia to South Carolina.

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and

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

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.''Pyxidanthera barbulata''.
The Nature Conservancy.''Pyxidanthera barbulata''.
Center for Plant Conservation. A second species of ''Pyxidanthera'' is widely recognized,The Plant List
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Pyxidanthera brevifolia ''Pyxidanthera brevifolia,'' the littleleaf pixiemoss or sandhills pyxie-moss, is a plant species known only from North Carolina and South Carolina. It occurs in deep, sandy soil such as sand hills and sandy ridgetops, sometimes in open pine-oak ...

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and

.''Pyxidanthera brevifolia''.
Flora of North America. Some authors consider the two plants to be one species.Rönblom, K. and A. A. Anderberg. (2002)
Phylogeny of Diapensiaceae based on molecular data and morphology. ''Systematic Botany'' 27(2) 383-95.
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9064979 Diapensiaceae Ericales genera Flora of the United States