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|hierarchy=Timmiaceae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Timmiaceae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 624
|treatment_page=page 165
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism size;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>acrocarpous, large.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem fragility;stem orientation;stem architecture;bud size;bud architecture;bud size;bud architecture;central strand fusion"><b>Stems </b>stiff, erect, mostly unbranched, in cross-section with a cortical region of small, thick-walled cells, a parenchyma of larger, thin-walled cells, and a distinct central strand;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="rhizoid quantity;rhizoid coloration;rhizoid coloration;rhizoid relief;rhizoid width">rhizoids abundant, especially on the proximal stems and in the leaf-axils, dark reddish black, coarsely papillose, ca. 15–35 µm wide.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf architecture;base architecture or shape;base architecture or shape;leaf position;leaf quantity;limb architecture or shape"><b>Leaves </b>lanceolate or long-lanceolate, with a sheathing, entire base occupying the proximal 1/6–1/3 of leaf, and a nonsheathing, serrate limb;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="costa fragility;costa quantity;costa position;costa architecture;guide bud size;guide bud quantity;band size">costa strong, single, subpercurrent to excurrent, in cross-section (mid-limb) with large guide cells, two bands of stereids, and enlarged abaxial and adaxial cells;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="lamina bud shape;lamina bud shape;lamina bud relief;lamina bud relief;lamina bud relief">cells of limb lamina irregularly isodiametric or quadrate, smooth, papillose or mammillose on adaxial and abaxial surfaces;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="lamina bud shape">cells of the sheath lamina rectangular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="seta position or structure subtype;seta shape;seta orientation;seta quantity;seta quantity;seta some measurement"><b>Seta </b>terminal, elongate, erect, single or double, 1.4–3.5 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule shape;capsule architecture;capsule architecture"><b>Capsule </b>pendulous to nearly erect, ovate to oblong-cylindric, smooth or broadly plicate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="annulus size;annulus architecture">annulus large, revoluble;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="operculum shape;operculum shape;mamilla fusion">operculum hemispheric or conic, with distinct mamilla at the tip;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stoma quantity;urn architecture or shape">stomata numerous on the neck or over the entire urn;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="peristome architecture">peristome diplolepideous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="exostome relief;exostome relief;exostome coloration or relief;exostome relief;tooth quantity;tooth shape;tooth fusion;lamella prominence;lamella orientation">exostome of 16 lanceolate teeth sometimes united near the base, smooth or papillose proximally, strongly vertically barred and papillose distally, with prominent projecting lamellae on the interior surface;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="endostome height;basal membrane height;exostome quantity;cilium shape;cilium relief;cilium architecture;cilium architecture">endostome about the same height as the exostome, with a high basal membrane about half the height of the exostome, and 64 irregularly anastomosing, nodose cilia papillose externally and smooth or appendiculate on the interior surface.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="calyptra shape"><b>Calyptra </b>linear-cylindrical.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Eurasia;n Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Pacific Islands (New Zealand)
|discussion=<p>Genus 1, species 4 (4 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Timmiaceae is a small, taxonomically isolated family.</p>
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name=Timmiaceae
|author=Guy R. Brassard
|authority=Schimper
|rank=family
|parent rank=
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Timmiaceae
|illustrator=Patricia M. Eckel
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=North America;Eurasia;n Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Pacific Islands (New Zealand)
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
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|annulus architecture=revoluble
|annulus size=large
|band size=enlarged
|basal membrane height=high
|base architecture or shape=entire;sheathing
|bud architecture=thin-walled;thick-walled
|bud size=larger;small
|calyptra shape=linear-cylindrical
|capsule architecture=plicate;smooth
|capsule orientation=pendulous;nearly erect
|capsule shape=ovate;oblong-cylindric
|central strand fusion=distinct
|cilium architecture=appendiculate;smooth
|cilium relief=papillose
|cilium shape=nodose
|costa architecture=excurrent
|costa fragility=strong
|costa position=subpercurrent
|costa quantity=single
|endostome height=anastomosing
|exostome coloration or relief=barred
|exostome quantity=64
|exostome relief=papillose;papillose;smooth
|guide bud quantity=2
|guide bud size=large
|lamella orientation=projecting
|lamella prominence=prominent
|lamina bud relief=mammillose;papillose;smooth
|lamina bud shape=rectangular;quadrate;isodiametric
|leaf architecture=nonsheathing
|leaf position=proximal
|leaf quantity=1/6;1/3
|leaf shape=long-lanceolate;lanceolate
|limb architecture or shape=serrate
|mamilla fusion=distinct
|operculum shape=conic;hemispheric
|peristome architecture=diplolepideous
|rhizoid coloration=black;dark reddish
|rhizoid quantity=abundant
|rhizoid relief=papillose
|rhizoid width=15um;35um
|seta orientation=erect
|seta position or structure subtype=terminal
|seta quantity=double;single
|seta shape=elongate
|seta some measurement=1.4cm;3.5cm
|stem architecture=unbranched
|stem fragility=stiff
|stem orientation=erect
|stoma quantity=numerous
|tooth fusion=united
|tooth quantity=16
|tooth shape=lanceolate
|urn architecture or shape=entire
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism size=large
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