Presents the proposal to conserve the name Oxyrrhynchium with a conserved type. Acceptance of the generic status of taxon Oxyrrhynchium Warnst in the early 20th century; Absence of good morphological characters to justify the independence of Oxyrrhynchium as a genus; Revelation of the remote position of species of Eurhynchium hians Sande lac. from E. striatum Schimp; Name confusion over the name Eurhynchium praelongum.