Neckera Hedw., Spec. Musc. Frond.: 200. 1801 nom. cons. ≡ Neckera [unranked] Cryptopodia Röhl., Borkhausen’s Ringen: 148. 1808 ≡ Neckera [unranked] Distichia Brid., Muscol. Recent. Suppl. 4: xvi, 137. 1819 ≡ Distichia Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: xxxvii. 1826; 2: 238, 757, 787, 811. 1827 ≡ Neckera subg. Distichia (Brid.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 238, 757. 1827 ≡ Cryptopodium Fürnr., Flora 12 (2, Beil. 1): 81. 1827 ≡ Braunia Hornsch., Jahrb. Wiss. Krit. 1828 (59 / 60): 467. 1828, nom. illeg. ≡ Neckera subg. Cryptopodia (Röhl.) Rchb., Consp., Regn. Veg. 1: 33. 1828 ≡ Cryptopodia (Röhl.) Fürnr., Flora 12 (2, Ergänzugsbl.): 49. 1829 ≡ Neckera sect. Distichia (Brid.) Müll. Hal., Linnaea 18: 707. 1844 ≡ Eleutera P. Beauv. ex Stuntz, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 202. 1900, nom. illeg. ≡ Neckera sect. Cryptopodia (Röhl.) Broth. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1 (3): 843. 1906. Typus: Neckera pennata (vide Schimper 1860: t. p., 732). = Alsia Sull., Not. Sp. Moss.: 16. 1855. Typus: Alsia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Sull. (Neckera californica Hook. & Arn.) = Neckera [unranked] Douglasiella Kindb., Eur. N. Amer. Bryin. 1: 15. 1897 ≡ Neckera sect. Douglasiella (Kindb.) Paris, Index Bryol. Suppl.: 132. 1900. Typus: Neckera douglasii Hook. (vide Wijk et al. 1964: 432).

Published as part of Ochyra, Ryszard, Plášek, Vítězslav & Brinda, John C., 2025, Taxonomic and nomenclatural history of Neckera (Bryophyta, Neckeraceae), including reinstatement of Rhystophyllum, the correct name for a segregate of this genus, pp. 59-80 in PhytoKeys 267 on pages 59-80, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.267.171699