{{Short description|Genus of mosses}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Meesia_triquetra_1.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Meesia | authority = Hedw. }}
'''''Meesia''''' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Meesiaceae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Meesia Hedw. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2675966 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=11 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name="GBIF" />
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.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
The genus was first described by Johann Hedwig in 1801.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Species== As accepted by GBIF;<ref name="GBIF" /> *''Meesia hexasticha'' <small>(Funck) Bruch</small> *''Meesia lavardei'' <small>Thér.</small> *''Meesia longiseta'' <small>Hedwig, 1801</small> *''Meesia muelleri'' <small>Müll. Hal. & Hampe</small> *''Meesia novae-zealandia'' <small>Dixon & Sainsbury</small> *''Meesia squarrosa'' <small>(Hedw.) Wahlenb.</small> *''Meesia stygia'' <small>(Sw.) Brid.</small> *''Meesia triquetra'' <small>(Richt.) Ångstr.</small> *''Meesia ulei'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small> *''Meesia uliginosa'' <small>Hedw.</small> *''Meesia vagans'' <small>(Hook. & Wilson) Müll. Hal.</small>
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Category:Meesiaceae Category:Moss genera
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