Polytrichaceae Schwägr.
Pogonatum P.Beauv. , legitimate, scientific
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1804), Magazin Encyclopedique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts 5: 329 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: P. aloides (Hedw.) P.Beauv.
Hyvonen, J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Polytrichaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 133 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: from the Greek pogon (a beard), in reference to the hairy calyptra