title: Bragginsella
text: # Bragginsella
  
  Bragginsella is a monotypic genus of liverworts belonging to the family Lophocoleaceae.
  
  The sole species of this genus, Bragginsella anomala R.M.Schust. is found in New Zealand.
  
  The genus name of Bragginsella is in honour of John Edward Braggins (b.1944) a New Zealand born botanist (Pteridology, Mycology, Lichenology), from the University of Auckland and the Auckland Museum for Natural Sciences.
  
  The genus was circumscribed in The Bryologist Vol.100 on page 363 in 1997.
  
  