Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Rhizogonium
Rhizogoniaceae Broth.
Rhizogonium Brid. , legitimate, scientific
Bridel, S.E. von (1827), Bryologia Universa 2: 663 [tax. nov.]
Gilmore, S.R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Rhizogoniaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 364 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: from the Greek rhiza (a root) and gonion (referring to the sporophyte); the name refers to the copious paraphyses suggesting a rooted sporophyte