Bryaceae Schwägr.
Ptychostomum Hornsch. , legitimate, scientific
Hornschuch, C.F. (1822), Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 5: syll. 62 [tax. nov.]
  • Comment: reference uncertain
Spence, J.R. & Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Bryaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 323 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: from the Greek ptyktos (folded) and stomum (a mouth)