Classification
Class
Bryatae
Family
Rhizogoniaceae Broth.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Goniobryum Lindb., Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 21: 606 (1865)
Type Taxon:
Goniobryum subbasilare (Hook.) Lindb.
Etymology:
The name means “angled moss”. According to Meagher (2011), the name is “presumably alluding to the pendulous capsule, bent down at a sharp angle”.
 Taxonomy

The type (and probably only) species is described below.

Goniobryum is an exclusively austral genus of one or possibly two species, with one occurring in N.Z.

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Goniobryum Lindb.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Fife, A.J. 2016: Rhizogoniaceae. In: Heenan, P.B.; Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Mosses. Fascicle 26. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R.; Shaw, A.J. 2009: Morphology, anatomy, and classification of the Bryophyta. In: Goffinet, B.; Shaw, A.J. (ed.) Bryophyte Biology. Edition 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 55–138.
Lindberg, S.O. 1865 ("1864"): Uppställning af familjen Funariaceae. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 21: 589–608.
Meagher, D. 2011: An etymology of Australian bryophyte genera. 2 – Mosses. Muelleria 29: 33–61.