Bryaceae Schwägr.
Brachymenium Schwägr. , legitimate, scientific
Schwägrichen, C.F. (1824), Species Muscorum Frondosorum Supplementum 1: 131 [tax. nov.]
Spence, J.R. & Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Bryaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 277 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: from the Greek brachys (short) and meninx (a membrane), in reference to the low basal membrane of the endostome