# Meesia

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'''''Meesia''''' is a genus of [mosses](/source/mosses) belonging to the family [Meesiaceae](/source/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](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution).<ref name="GBIF" />

The genus name of ''Meesia'' is in honour of [David Meese](/source/David_Meese) (1723–1770), who was a Dutch [botanist](/source/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](/source/Johann_Hedwig) in 1801.<ref name="GBIF" />

==Species==
As accepted by [GBIF](/source/GBIF);<ref name="GBIF" />
*''[Meesia hexasticha](/source/Meesia_hexasticha)'' <small>(Funck) Bruch</small>
*''[Meesia lavardei](/source/Meesia_lavardei)'' <small>Thér.</small>
*''[Meesia longiseta](/source/Meesia_longiseta)'' <small>Hedwig, 1801</small>
*''[Meesia muelleri](/source/Meesia_muelleri)'' <small>Müll. Hal. & Hampe</small>
*''[Meesia novae-zealandia](/source/Meesia_novae-zealandia)'' <small>Dixon & Sainsbury</small>
*''[Meesia squarrosa](/source/Meesia_squarrosa)'' <small>(Hedw.) Wahlenb.</small>
*''[Meesia stygia](/source/Meesia_stygia)'' <small>(Sw.) Brid.</small>
*''[Meesia triquetra](/source/Meesia_triquetra)'' <small>(Richt.) Ångstr.</small>
*''[Meesia ulei](/source/Meesia_ulei)'' <small>Müll. Hal.</small>
*''[Meesia uliginosa](/source/Meesia_uliginosa)'' <small>Hedw.</small>
*''[Meesia vagans](/source/Meesia_vagans)'' <small>(Hook. & Wilson) Müll. Hal.</small>

==References==
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