Muller, J.K.A. (1851), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 2: 555 [tax. nov.]

Mitten, W. (1860), Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 4: 95 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhizogonium hookeri (Müll.Hal.) Mitt. legitimate

Gilmore, S.R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Rhizogoniaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 362 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pyrrhobryum mnioides (Hook.) Manuel legitimate

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