Bartramiaceae Schwägr.

Philonotis Brid.

, legitimate

, scientific

Bridel, S.E. von (1827), Bryologia Universa 2

:

15

[tax. nov.]

Gilmore, S.R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Bartramiaceae.

Flora of Australia

51

:

265

[secondary reference]

Comment: presumably from the Greek philo (loving), and notis (dampness or water), in reference to the moist places in which this moss grows