Hookeria Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith, A. J. E. . Smith, Ruth . The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. 2004. 698. 9780521546720.
  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 . 10.17581/bp.2020.09104. free .

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