Basionym:
Jungermannia rhizantha Mont., Hist. Phys. Cuba, Bot., Pl. Cell.: 454. 1842. (
Montagne 1842)
≡Cephalozia rhizantha (Mont.) Trevis., Mem. Reale Ist. Lombardo Sci., Ser. 3, Cl. Sci. Mat. 4(13): 417. 1877.
≡Cephaloziella rhizantha (Mont.) Steph., Hedwigia 32: 318. 1893.
≡Lophoziella rhizantha (Mont.) Douin, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 29: 52. 1920.