Timmia Hedwig

Timmia megapolitana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Timmiales
Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level) Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Bryophyta Classis: Bryopsida Subclassis: Timmiidae Ordo: Timmiales

Familia: Timmiaceae
Genus: Timmia
Species: T. alataviensis – T. austriaca – T. comata – T. megapolitana – T. norvegica – T. sibirica – T. sphaerocarpa

Name

Timmia Hedw. Sp. Musc. Frond. 176. 1801, nom. cons.

• Type species: Timmia megapolitana Hedw.

Homonyms

• Timmia J.F.Gmel. (1791), nom. rej. (Amaryllidaceae)

References

Primary references

• Hedwig, J.† 1801. Species Muscorum Frondosorum descriptae et tabulis aeneis LXXVII coloratis illustratae. Opus posthumum editum a Friderico Schwaegrichen. Ioannis Ambrosius Barth, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 353 p. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brassard, Guy R. (1979) "The moss genus Timmia. 1. Introduction, and revision of T. norvegica and allied taxa". Lindbergia 5: 39–53.
• Brassard, Guy R. (1980) "The moss genus Timmia. 2. Sect. Timmiaurea". Lindbergia 6: 129–136.
• Brassard, Guy R. (1984) "The moss genus Timmia. 3. Sect. Timmia". Lindbergia 10: 33–40.

Vernacular names

suomi: Tuppisammalet
polski: Trzęsiec

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