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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>erect to wide-spreading, some species 3-ranked, ligulate to ovate-lanceolate; margins plane to reflexed basally to recurved throughout; laminal cells irregularly isodiametric to short-rhombic, surface not bulging, smooth, walls firm; 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><i>Meesia</i> occurs on calcareous soil banks and in rich fens in boreal, alpine, and arctic habitats. The quadrate distal laminal cells differentiate <i>Meesia</i> from <i>Amblyodon dealbatus</i>, 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
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