AbstractForrstroemia secundaDix.&Badhw. [=Bryonorrisia secunda(Dix.&Badhw.) Stark&Buck] is reduced to synonymy withBryonorrisia acutifolia(Mitt.) Enrothcomb. nov.(basionymAnomodon acutifoliusMitt.). The monotypicBryonorrisiaStark&Buck is transferred from the Anomodontaceae to the Leskeaceae on the basis of gametophyte and sporophyte characters. It is emphasized thatBryonorrisiais closely related toHerpetineuron(C. Müll.) Card. as well as a few other leskeaceous genera, but sufficiently distinct to be recognized as an independent genus.