Wijkia

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

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Bryophyta
Classis: Bryopsida
Subclassis: Bryidae
Superordo: Hypnanae
Ordo: Hypnales

Familia: Pylaisiadelphaceae
Genus: Wijkia
Species (48): W. albescens – W. alboalaris – W. alstonii – W. annamensis – W. baculifera – W. bessonii – W. carlottae – W. ceylonensis – W. clarkii – W. clastobryoides – W. comosa – W. concavifolia – W. costaricensis – W. crossii – W. cuynetii – W. deflexifolia – W. dentigera – W. doii – W. extenuata – W. filifera – W. filipendula – W. flagellifera – W. flagelliformis – W. gracilis – W. hornschuchii – W. jacobsonii – W. jungneri – W. laxa – W. laxitexta – W. lepida – W. letestui – W. macgregorii – W. madagassa – W. nivea – W. pendula – W. penicillata – W. pinnata – W. polymorpha – W. protensa – W. radiculosa – W. rigidifolia – W. rutenbergii – W. sublepida – W. subnitida – W. surcularis – W. tanytricha – W. trichocolea – W. trichocoleoides
Name

Wijkia H. Crum, 1971

Wijkia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Pylaisiadelphaceae.[1][2]

The species of this genus are found in Southeastern Asia, Africa, Australia and America.[3]

This tropical to subtropical genus consists of about 25-30 Old and New World species.[4] Some notable species are:

Wijkia albescens H.Crum, 1971
Wijkia alboalaris Manuel, 1981
Wijkia extenuata H. Crum, 1971

References

Goffinet, B.; Buck, W.R. "Classification of extant moss genera". Classification of the Bryophyta. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
Goffinet, B.; Buck, W. R.; Shaw, A. J. (2008). "Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta". In Goffinet, B.; Shaw, J. (eds.). Bryophyte Biology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–138. ISBN 978-0-521-87225-6.
"Wijkia H.A.Crum". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
Buck, William Russel (1986). "Wijkia in the New World". Hikobia. 9: 297–303.