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|accepted_name=Meesia
|accepted_authority=Hedwig
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|place=173, plate 41, figs. 6 – 9. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Meesiaceae;Meesia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Meesiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Meesia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For David Meese, 1723 – 1770, Dutch gardener
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 30, 33, 661, 667
|treatment_page=page 32
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="leaf orientation;species arrangement;species architecture;species shape"><b>Leaves </b>erect to widespreading, some species 3-ranked, ligulate to ovatelanceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="margin shape;margin orientation;margin orientation">margins plane to reflexed basally to recurved throughout;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="laminal cell shape;surface pubescence or shape;surface architecture or pubescence or relief;wall texture">laminal cells irregularly isodiametric to short-rhombic, surface not bulging, smooth, walls firm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="basal-cell length or size">basal-cells longer than distal cells.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia
|discussion=<p>Species 12 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Meesia occurs on calcareous soil banks and in rich fens in boreal, alpine, and arctic habitats. The quadrate distal laminal cells differentiate Meesia from Amblyodon dealbatus, which has elongate, pellucid laminal cells.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves ligulate to narrowly lanceolate, not 3-ranked, erect when moist; margins revolute basally.
|[[Meesia uliginosa|Meesia uliginosa]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3-ranked, spreading when moist; margins plane to reflexed basally
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf margins entire; sexual condition synoicous.
|[[Meesia longiseta|Meesia longiseta]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf margins serrulate distally; sexual condition dioicous.
|[[Meesia triquetra|Meesia triquetra]]
|}
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name=Meesia
|author=Dale H. Vitt
|authority=Hedwig
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Meesiaceae
|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Musc. Frond.,
|publication year=1801
|special status=
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|genus=Meesia
|basal-cell length or size=longer
|laminal cell shape=irregularly isodiametric;short-rhombic
|leaf orientation=erect;widespreading
|margin orientation=recurved;reflexed
|margin shape=plane
|species architecture=ligulate
|species arrangement=3-ranked
|species shape=ovatelanceolate
|surface architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|surface pubescence or shape=not bulging
|wall texture=firm
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