Timmia Explained

Timmia is a genus of moss. It is the only genus in the family Timmiaceae and order Timmiales.^[1] The genus is named in honor of the 18th-century German botanist Joachim Christian Timm.

The genus Timmia includes only four species:^[2]

Genus Timmia Timmia austriaca Timmia megapolitana Timmia norvegica Timmia sibirica
The species and phylogenetic position of Timmia.^[3] ^[4]

Notes and References

1. Buck, William R. & Bernard Goffinet. 2000. "Morphology and classification of mosses", pages 71-123 in A. Jonathan Shaw & Bernard Goffinet (Eds.), Bryophyte Biology. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). .
2. Book: Brassard, Guy R. . 2007 . Timmiaceae . Flora of North America . Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 27 . 165–169 . New York & Oxford . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-531823-4 .
3. Book: Goffinet, B. . W. R. Buck . A. J. Shaw . 2008 . Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta . 55–138. Bernard Goffinet . A. Jonathan Shaw. Bryophyte Biology . limited. 2nd . Cambridge . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-87225-6 .
4. Goffinet . Bernard . William R. Buck . 2004 . Systematics of the Bryophyta (Mosses): From molecules to a revised classification . Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes . Monographs in Systematic Botany . 98 . 205–239 . Missouri Botanical Garden Press . 1-930723-38-5 .