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Meesia
Sign in to saveMeesia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Meesiaceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 130
- With media
- 99
- Family
- Meesiaceae
- Collections
- US
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Meesiaceae
- Image
- Meesia longiseta 01.jpg
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- Meesia
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- taxon common name
- 寒藓属
- topic's main category
- Category:Meesia
- Commons category
- Meesia
- taxonomic type
- Meesia longiseta
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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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