Hookeria

Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Bryidae
Superordo: Hypnanae
Ordo: Hookeriales

Familia: Hookeriaceae
Genus: Hookeria
Species: H. acutifolia – H. commutata – H. contracta – H. dussii – H. janeirensis – H. lucens – H. magellanica – H. orbignyana – H. sandvicensis – H. uliginosa
Name

Hookeria Sm., 1808

Typus: Hookeria lucens (Hedw.) Sm.

Synonyms

Hookera Sm. ex I. Hagen
Pterigophyllum Brid.
Pterygophyllum Brid.

References
Primary references

Smith, J.E., 1808. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 275–282, pl. 23

Additional references

Allen, B. H. 2010. Moss flora of Central America. Part 3. Anomodontaceae--Symphyodontaceae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 117: i–x, 1–731.

Links

Tropicos.org 2021. Hookeria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Hookeria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 13. Reference page.

Vernacular names

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

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.