Biology:Hookeria

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Short description: Genus of mosses

Hookeria
Hookeria lucens (c, 144712-474717) 5581.JPG
Hookeria lucens
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hookeriales
Family: Hookeriaceae
Genus: Hookeria
Sm., 1808

Hookeria is a genus of mainly tropical mosses. It was defined by James Edward Smith in 1808 and named for William Jackson Hooker.[1]

There are nine species recognised in the genus Hookeria, the most broadly distributed being Hookeria lucens and Hookeria acutifolia.[2]

References

  1. Smith, A. J. E.; Smith, Ruth (2004). The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. pp. 698. ISBN 9780521546720. https://books.google.com/books?id=_XpzqhP7R0QC&pg=PA698. 
  2. 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. http://www.geobotanica.ru/bp/2020_09_01/pisarenko_2020.html. 

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