Encalyptaceae Schimp.
Encalypta vulgaris Hedw. , legitimate, scientific
Hedwig, J. (1801), Species Muscorum Frondosorum: 60 [tax. nov.]
Horton, D.G. (2013), A candle-snuffer moss in the Flora of Tasmania: Encalypta (Bryopside: Encalyptaceae). Kanunnah 5: 117-124, Figs 1, 2 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Encalypta vulgaris var. tasmanica Hampe nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Encalypta tasmanica Müll.Hal. & Hampe legitimate taxonomic synonym: Encalypta australis Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Encalypta novae-valisiae Hampe orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Encalypta novae-valesiae Hampe legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pyramitrium novae-valesiae (Hampe) Mitt. legitimate