Weissia Explained
Weissia is a genus of mosses, belonging to the family Pottiaceae.[1]
The genus was described in 1801 by Johann Hedwig and the latest additions to the genus were in 1995 when Weissia ovatifolia and Weissia patula were added. As of July 2021, the genus contains 91 species.
Selected species:
Species
The genus Weissia contains the following species:
- Weissia abbreviata
- Weissia alianuda
- Weissia andersoniana
- Weissia argentinica
- Weissia artocosana
- Weissia atra
- Weissia ayresii
- Weissia balansae
- Weissia balansaeana
- Weissia bizotii
- Weissia brachycarpa
- Weissia brachypelma
- Weissia brachypoma
- Weissia breutelii
- Weissia breviseta
- Weissia canaliculata
- Weissia condensa
- Weissia contermina
- Weissia controversa
- Weissia cucullata
- Weissia dieterlenii
- Weissia diffidentia
- Weissia edentula
- Weissia erythrogona
- Weissia exserta
- Weissia fallax
- Weissia felipponei
- Weissia fornicata
- Weissia ghatensis
- Weissia glazioui
- Weissia groenlandica
- Weissia humicola
- Weissia inoperculata
- Weissia jamaicensis
- Weissia kaikouraensis
- Weissia krassavinii
- Weissia kunzeana
- Weissia latifolia
- Weissia latiuscula
- Weissia levieri
- Weissia ligulaefolia
- Weissia lineaefolia
- Weissia longidens
- Weissia longifolia
- Weissia lorentzii
- Weissia ludoviciana
- Weissia macrospora
- Weissia micacea
- Weissia mittenii
- Weissia muhlenbergiana
- Weissia multicapsularis
- Weissia neocaledonica
- Weissia newcomeri
- Weissia nitida
- Weissia norkettii
- Weissia novae-valisiae
- Weissia obtusata
- Weissia obtusifolia
- Weissia occidentalis
- Weissia occulta
- Weissia opaca
- Weissia ovalis
- Weissia ovatifolia
- Weissia papillosa
- Weissia patagonica
- Weissia patula
- Weissia perpusilla
- Weissia pilifera
- Weissia platystegia
- Weissia ricciae
- Weissia riograndensis
- Weissia rostellata
- Weissia rutilans
- Weissia semidiaphana
- Weissia semiinvoluta
- Weissia semipallida
- Weissia sharpii
- Weissia simplex
- Weissia socotrana
- Weissia splachnum
- Weissia squarrosa
- Weissia sterilis
- Weissia subacaulis
- Weissia submicacea
- Weissia termitidarum
- Weissia triumphans
- Weissia tyrrhena
- Weissia vardei
- Weissia veviridis
- Weissia welwitschii
- Weissia willisiana
Notes and References
- Web site: Weissia xylopiae Bat. & M.P.Herrera . www.gbif.org . 15 January 2021 . en.
