Weissia

Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Dicranidae
Ordo: Pottiales

Familia: Pottiaceae
Genus: Weissia
Species: W. abbreviata – W. alianuda – W. andersoniana – W. argentinica – W. artocosana – W. atra – W. ayresii – W. balansae – W. balansaeana – W. bizotii – W. brachycarpa – W. brachypelma – W. brachypoma – W. breutelii – W. breviseta – W. canaliculata – W. condensa – W. contermina – W. controversa – W. cucullata – W. dieterlenii – W. diffidentia – W. edentula – W. erythrogona – W. exserta – W. fallax – W. felipponei – W. fornicata – W. ghatensis – W. glazioui – W. groenlandica – W. humicola – W. inoperculata – W. jamaicensis – W. kaikouraensis – W. krassavinii – W. kunzeana – W. latiuscula – W. levieri – W. ligulaefolia – W. lineaefolia – W. longidens – W. longifolia – W. lorentzii – W. ludoviciana – W. macrospora – W. micacea – W. mittenii – W. muhlenbergiana – W. multicapsularis – W. neocaledonica – W. newcomeri – W. nitida – W. norkettii – W. novae-valisiae – W. obtusata – W. obtusifolia – W. occidentalis – W. occulta – W. opaca – W. ovalis – W. ovatifolia – W. papillosa – W. papillosissima – W. patagonica – W. patula – W. perpusilla – W. platystegia – W. ricciae – W. riograndensis – W. rostellata – W. rutilans – W. semidiaphana – W. semiinvoluta – W. semipallida – W. sharpii – W. simplex – W. socotrana – W. splachnum – W. squarrosa – W. sterilis – W. subacaulis – W. submicacea – W. termitidarum – W. triumphans – W. tyrrhena – W. vardei – W. veviridis – W. welwitschii – W. willisiana
Name

Weissia Hedw.
References

Da Costa, D.P. 2014. New synonyms for South American/Brazilian Pottiaceae (Bryophyta). Phytotaxa 167(1): 137–140. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.167.1.11 Paywall Reference page.

Vernacular names
suomi: Sykerösammalet

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.[2]

Selected species:

Weissia crispula
Weissia controversa
Weissia brachycarpa
Weissia microstoma
Weissia squarrosa
Weissia xylopiae Bat. & M.P.Herrera[1]

Species

The genus Weissia contains the following species:[2]

Weissia abbreviata Zander, 1993
Weissia alianuda B. C. Tan in B. Thiers, 1992
Weissia andersoniana Zander, 1985
Weissia argentinica C. Müller, 1879
Weissia artocosana Zander, 1993
Weissia atra Schleicher ex A. P. de Candolle, 1815
Weissia ayresii W. P. Schimper in Bescherelle, 1880
Weissia balansae Zander, 1993
Weissia balansaeana C. Müller, 1882
Weissia bizotii Zander, 1993
Weissia brachycarpa Juratzka, 1882
Weissia brachypelma C. Müller, 1879
Weissia brachypoma C. C. Townsend, 1981 [1982]
Weissia breutelii C. Müller, 1849
Weissia breviseta Chen Pan-chieh, 1941
Weissia canaliculata Hampe, 1879
Weissia condensa Lindberg, 1863
Weissia contermina Mitten, 1869
Weissia controversa Hedwig, 1801
Weissia cucullata C. Müller, 1858
Weissia dieterlenii Thériot, 1924
Weissia diffidentia Zander, 1993
Weissia edentula Mitten, 1859
Weissia erythrogona Bridel, 1806
Weissia exserta Chen Pan-chieh, 1941
Weissia fallax Sehlmeyer, 1820
Weissia felipponei Thériot in Felippone, 1930
Weissia fornicata Bridel, 1819 [1818]
Weissia ghatensis Dixon & Potier de la Varde, 1930
Weissia glazioui Zander, 1993
Weissia groenlandica Kindberg, 1897
Weissia humicola C. Müller, 1899
Weissia inoperculata H. Crum, Steere & L. E. Anderson, 1964
Weissia jamaicensis Grout, 1938
Weissia kaikouraensis R. Brown ter, 1903
Weissia krassavinii Lazarenko ex Ochyra, 1988
Weissia kunzeana C. Müller, 1849
Weissia latifolia (Dickson) Bruch & W. P. Schimper, 1843
Weissia latiuscula C. Müller, 1899
Weissia levieri Kindberg, 1897
Weissia ligulaefolia Grout, 1938
Weissia lineaefolia C. Müller, 1875
Weissia longidens Cardot, 1907
Weissia longifolia Mitten, 1851
Weissia lorentzii Zander, 1993
Weissia ludoviciana W. D. Reese & B. A. E. Lemmon, 1965
Weissia macrospora Cardot & Potier de la Varde in Potier de la Varde, 1922
Weissia micacea C. Müller, 1849
Weissia mittenii Mitten, 1851
Weissia muhlenbergiana W. D. Reese & B. A. E. Lemmon, 1965
Weissia multicapsularis Mitten, 1851
Weissia neocaledonica Zander, 1993
Weissia newcomeri K. Saito, 1975
Weissia nitida Reinwardt & Hornschuch, 1829
Weissia norkettii R. S. Chopra, 1975
Weissia novae-valisiae Stone, 1980
Weissia obtusata C. Müller, 1900
Weissia obtusifolia C. Müller, 1845
Weissia occidentalis Stoneburner, 1985 [1986]
Weissia occulta Wallroth, 1840
Weissia opaca Magill in Magill & Schelpe, 1979
Weissia ovalis E. B. Bartram, 1933
Weissia ovatifolia Kürschner, 1995
Weissia papillosa Dixon & Naveau, 1927
Weissia patagonica Cardot & Brotherus, 1923
Weissia patula Fife, 1995
Weissia perpusilla Stone, 1980
Weissia pilifera (Dickson) Funck ex Wallroth, 1831
Weissia platystegia A. Eddy, n.d. [1990]
Weissia ricciae Bridel, 1819 [1818]
Weissia riograndensis Zander, 1993
Weissia rostellata Lindberg, 1864
Weissia rutilans Lindberg, 1863
Weissia semidiaphana Zander, 1985
Weissia semiinvoluta C. Müller, 1882
Weissia semipallida C. Müller, 1898
Weissia sharpii L. E. Anderson & B. A. E. Lemmon, 1973
Weissia simplex Bridel, 1827
Weissia socotrana Mitten, 1888
Weissia splachnum Garovaglio, 1840
Weissia squarrosa C. Müller, 1849
Weissia sterilis W. E. Nicholson, 1903
Weissia subacaulis Mitten, 1869
Weissia submicacea C. Müller, 1900
Weissia termitidarum C. Müller, 1875
Weissia triumphans M. O. Hill, 1981 [1982]
Weissia tyrrhena Fleischer, 1893
Weissia vardei Bizot in Bizot & Dury, 1978
Weissia veviridis Zander, 1993
Weissia welwitschii W. P. Schimper, 1876
Weissia willisiana Catcheside, 1980

References

"Weissia xylopiae Bat. & M.P.Herrera". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
"Weissia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 24 April 2021.