Hookeriaceae Explained
The Hookeriaceae are a family of mainly tropical mosses of the order Hookeriales.
It contains six genera from the UK.[1]
Genera
As accepted by GBIF;[2]
- Achrophyllum (8)
- Adelothecium (1)
- Archephemeropsis (1)
- Bryobrothera (1)
- Callicostella (128)
- Calyptrochaeta (33)
- Canalohypopterygium (1)
- Chaetomitriopsis (1)
- Crosbya (2)
- Curviramea (1)
- Cyathophorella (18)
- Cyclodictyon (117)
- Dendrocyathophorum (2)
- Dimorphocladon (2)
- Diploneuron (2)
- Discophyllum (2)
- Distichophyllum (138)
- Elharveya (1)
- Ephemeropsis (2)
- Eriopus (27)
- Hampeohypnum (1)
- Harpophyllum (1)
- Hemiragis (1)
- Holoblepharum (4)
- Hookeria (164)
- Hookeriopsis (105)
- Lamprophyllum (2)
- Lepidopilidium (33)
- Lopidium (15)
- Metadistichophyllum (1)
- Philophyllum (1)
- Piloseriopus (1)
- Pilosium (1)
- Pilotrichidium (4)
- Pterygophyllum (47)
- Rhynchostegiopsis (9)
- Sauloma (8)
- Schimperobryum (1)
- Schizomitrium (49)
- Sclerohypnum (1)
- Stenodictyon (6)
- Tetrastichium (2)
- Thamniopsis (25)
- Trachyxiphium (14)
- Vesiculariopsis (1)
Note; numbers in the parenthis equate to number of species per genus
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Smith, A. J. E. . Smith, Ruth . The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. 2004. 698. 9780521546720.
- Web site: Hookeriaceae . www.gbif.org . 17 October 2022 . en.
