Abstract:By using classic taxanomic methods,the author studied more than 360 speciments of Syntrichia Brid.(Pottiaceae) which were collected form different parts of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region from 1989~2012.The result of the study shows:(1)There are 11 species of Syntrichia distributed in Xinjiang,among them 3 species are new-record to Xinjiang.(2)The 3 new record species are Syntrichia norvegica,S.bidentata and S.caninervis var.spuria,among them S.bidentata is listed as one of the Chinese endangered Bryophytes.(3)It offers the geographical distributions of the 11 species,figures and descriptions of the new-recorded species and also a key to the Syntrichia in Xinjiang.