Classification
Class
Bryatae
Family
Funariaceae Schwägr.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Bryobeckettia Fife, J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 58: 191 (1985)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Physcomitrella subgen. Exsertofructus Fife, Lindbergia 8: 103 (1982) nom. inval.
Type Taxon:
Bryobeckettia bartlettii (Fife) Fife
Etymology:
The generic name honours the remarkable amateur bryologist T.W.N. Beckett (1839–1906), who for many years lived at Ilam, Christchurch. Beckett collected N.Z. bryophytes mainly in Canterbury, Nelson, and the West Coast, corresponded and exchanged specimens with many of the leading bryologists of his day, and amassed a large herbarium and library, which are today an important part of the Allan Herbarium (CHR) at Lincoln.
 Taxonomy

Bryobeckettia is a monotypic genus with characters of the type species.

Bryobeckettia has been interpreted as a member of both the genera Physcomitrella and Physcomitridium. Part of this considerable (and continuing) confusion has been the result of misinterpretation of Physcomitridium readeri (Müll. Hal.) G.Roth. Sainsbury’s (1955) description of what he incorrectly termed P. readeri is based mainly on Bryobeckettia bartlettii, but further complicated by the presence of inter-generic hybrid sporophytes in some of the material he used while drafting his description. At attempt to clarify this confusion is given below and based in part on Goffinet & Buck (2011), in the discussion of P. readeri.

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Bryobeckettia Fife
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Fife, A.J. 1982: Taxonomic and nomenclatural observations on the Funariaceae. 1. Physcomitrium, Physcomitrella, and Goniomitrium in New Zealand. Lindbergia 8: 96–104.
Fife, A.J. 1985: A generic revision of the Funariaceae (Bryophyta: Musci) Part I. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 58: 149–196.
Fife, A.J. 2019: Funariaceae. In: Smissen, R.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 45. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. 2011: Physcomitridium readeri is the correct name for Ephemerella readeri. Bryologist 114: 545–546.
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.
Sainsbury, G.O.K. 1955: A handbook of the New Zealand mosses. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 5: 1–490.