What is "timmia"

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

The genus Timmia includes only four species:

genus Timmia

Timmia austriaca Timmia megapolitana Timmia norvegica Timmia sibirica

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colspan=2 | The species and phylogenetic position of Timmia.{{cite book

last=Goffinet| first=B. |author2=W. R. Buck |author3= A. J. Shaw | year=2008

chapter=Morphology and Classification of the Bryophyta | pages=55–138

editor=Bernard Goffinet & A. Jonathan Shaw (eds.) | title=Bryophyte Biology | edition=2nd

location= Cambridge | publisher=Cambridge University Press | isbn=978-0-521-87225-6 }}