Hookeriales is 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]
Hookeriales | |
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Hookeria lucens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Bryidae |
Superorder: | Hypnanae |
Order: | Hookeriales |
Families | |
See text. |
Families
editHookeriales comprises the following families:
References
editWikispecies has information related to Hookeriales.
- ^ Smith, A. J. E.; Smith, Ruth (2004). The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press. p. 698. ISBN 9780521546720.