''Timmiella'' is a genus of

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

es belonging to the family

Timmiellaceae Timmiellaceae is a family of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae). It contains two genera, '' Luisierella'' and '' Timmiella'', that were formerly place in family Pottiaceae. Taxonomy The genera ''Luisierella'' and ''Timmiella'' have been trad ...

. The genus has almost

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

. It was in the family ''

Pottiaceae The Pottiaceae are a Family (biology), family of mosses. They form the most numerous moss family known, containing nearly 1500 species or more than 10% of the 10,000 to 15,000 moss species known. Genera The family has four subfamilies and 83 gen ...

'' but due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014, it was placed in ''

''. Species: * '' Timmiella acaulon'' Zander, 1993 * ''

Timmiella anomala ''Timmiella'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Timmiellaceae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. It was in the family ''Pottiaceae'' but due to molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2014, it was placed in ''Timmiellaceae'' ...

'' Bruch & Schimp.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17290428 Moss genera