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Meesia

Gentis, Nicolas;Licht, Alexis;Boura, Anaïs;Aung, Dario De Franceschi Zaw Win Day Wa;Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume

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Meesia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Meesiaceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumBryophyta
  3. ClassBryopsida
  4. OrderBryales
  5. FamilyMeesiaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
130
With media
99
Family
Meesiaceae
Collections
US
Recorded in
United States, Canada

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Meesia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Meesiaceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

The genus name of Meesia is in honour of David Meese (1723–1770), who was a Dutch botanist, notable for his authorship of the Flora frisica in 1760.

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