Hookeria is a genus of mainly tropical mosses. It was defined by James Edward Smith in 1808 and named for William Jackson Hooker.[1]
Hookeria | |
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Hookeria lucens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Bryidae |
Order: | Hookeriales |
Family: | Hookeriaceae |
Genus: | Hookeria Sm., 1808 |
There are nine species recognised in the genus Hookeria, the most broadly distributed being Hookeria lucens and Hookeria acutifolia.[2]
References
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- ^ Smith, A. J. E.; Smith, Ruth (2004). The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. p. 698. ISBN 9780521546720.
- ^ Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS; Pisarenko, Olga Yu.; Bakalin, Vadim A.; Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS; Ignatova, Elena A.; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology (2020). "Hookeria acutifolia (Hookeriaceae, Bryophyta), a new species for the moss flora of Russia". Botanica Pacifica. doi:10.17581/bp.2020.09104.