Hookeriales
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Hookeriales | |
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Hookeria lucens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Bryidae |
Superorder: | Hypnanae |
Order: | Hookeriales |
Families | |
See text. |
Hookeriales is the botanical name of an order of Bryophyta or leafy mosses. Named for William Jackson Hooker, it is composed of mainly subtropical and tropical species of mosses with generally complanate and asymmetrical leaves.[1]
Families
Hookeriales comprises the following families:
- Daltoniaceae
- Hookeriaceae
- Hypopterygiaceae
- Leucomiaceae
- Pilotrichaceae
- Saulomataceae
- Schimperobryaceae
References
- ^ Smith, A. J. E.; Smith, Ruth (2004). The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. p. 698. ISBN 9780521546720.
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