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|accepted_name=Meesia triquetra
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus ex Jolyclerc) Ångström
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal.
|place=12: 357. 1844
|year=1844
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mnium triquetrum
|authority=Linnaeus ex Jolyclerc
|rank=species
|publication_title=Syst. Sex. Vég.,
|publication_place=749. 1803
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Meesiaceae;Meesia;Meesia triquetra
|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 class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Meesia triquetra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 33
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>0.1–1.2 cm. <b>Stem</b> leaves contorted when dry, wide-spreading and distinctly 3-ranked when moist, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–4 mm; base decurrent; margins plane to weakly reflexed proximally, serrulate distally; apex acute; costa narrow, ending in or just before apex; inner laminal cells smaller, walls thicker than marginal cells. <b>Sexual</b> condition dioicous. <b>Seta</b> 3–10 cm. <b>Capsule</b> 3–4.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 33–38 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Rich fens, arctic and boreal areas
|elevation=moderate to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Vt.;n Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Meesia triquetra</i> is frequent where appropriate habitat is available, and disjunct in a few locations farther south. The species is usually easily distinguished by its three-ranked, widely spreading leaves that have serrulate margins. The sexual condition is dioicous.</p>
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name=Meesia triquetra
|authority=(Linnaeus ex Jolyclerc) Ångström
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mnium triquetrum
|family=Meesiaceae
|habitat=Rich fens, arctic and boreal areas
|elevation=moderate to high elevations
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Vt.;n Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal.
|publication year=1844
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V28/V28_34.xml
|genus=Meesia
|species=Meesia triquetra
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