Biology:Hookeriaceae

Short description: Family of mosses

Hookeriaceae
Hookeria lucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Bryidae
Order:	Hookeriales
Family:	Hookeriaceae Schimp.

The Hookeriaceae are a family of mainly tropical mosses of the order Hookeriales.

It contains six genera from the UK.

Genera

As accepted by GBIF;

• Achrophyllum Vitt & Crosby (8)
• Adelothecium (Hampe) Mitt. (1)
• Archephemeropsis Renner, 1934 (1)
• Bryobrothera Thér. (1)
• Callicostella (Müll.Hal.) Mitt. (128)
• Calyptrochaeta Desv. (33)
• Canalohypopterygium W.Frey & Schaepe (1)
• Chaetomitriopsis (1)
• Crosbya Vitt (2)
• Curviramea (1)
• Cyathophorella (Broth.) M.Fleisch. (18)
• Cyclodictyon Cookson & Eisenack (117)
• Dendrocyathophorum Dixon (2)
• Dimorphocladon (2)
• Diploneuron E.B.Bartram (2)
• Discophyllum (2)
• Distichophyllum (138)
• Elharveya (1)
• Ephemeropsis K.I.Goebel (2)
• Eriopus S.E.Bridel, 1827 (27)
• Hampeohypnum (1)
• Harpophyllum (1)
• Hemiragis (Brid.) Besch., 1876 (1)
• Holoblepharum Dozy & Molkenboer, 1846 (4)
• Hookeria Sm. (164)
• Hookeriopsis (Besch.) A.Jaeger (105)
• Lamprophyllum (2)
• Lepidopilidium (Müll.Hal.) Broth. (33)
• Lopidium Hook.f. & Wilson (15)
• Metadistichophyllum Nog. & Z.Iwats. (1)
• Philophyllum Müll.Hal (1)
• Piloseriopus A.J.Sharp, 1986 (1)
• Pilosium (1)
• Pilotrichidium Besch. (4)
• Pterygophyllum Brid. (47)
• Rhynchostegiopsis Müll.Hal. (9)
• Sauloma (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. (8)
• Schimperobryum Margad. (1)
• Schizomitrium W.P.Schimper, 1851 (49)
• Sclerohypnum (1)
• Stenodictyon (Mitt.) A.Jaeger (6)
• Tetrastichium (Mitt.) Cardot (2)
• Thamniopsis (Mitt.) M.Fleisch. (25)
• Trachyxiphium W.R.Buck (14)
• Vesiculariopsis Broth. (1)

Note; numbers in the parenthis equate to number of species per genus

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17276646 entry