View source for Bestia ← Bestia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Bestia |accepted_authority=Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. |place=226[I,3]: 858, fig. 631. 1906 |year=1906 }} |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=E |label=Endemic }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lembophyllaceae;Bestia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lembophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bestia]]</div></div> |etymology=For George Newton Best, 1846 – 1926 American bryologist |volume=Volume 28 |mention_page=page 590, 616, 618, 622, 654 |treatment_page=page 617 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism size;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>large.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture or shape;stem architecture or shape"><b>Stems </b>pinnate or irregularly 2-pinnate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem shape;branch leaf shape"><b>Stem </b>and branch leaves similar, ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="margin architecture or shape">margins serrulate in distal 1/5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="costa quantity">costa single;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="medial laminal cell quantity;medial laminal cell quantity">medial laminal cells less than 4: 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="seta coloration;seta coloration;seta some measurement"><b>Seta </b>stramineous, rarely reddish tinged, to 1.5 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule architecture or shape"><b>Capsule </b>erect, symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="operculum shape">operculum inclined-rostrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="peristome size">peristome somewhat reduced.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Calif. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>Bestia has a confusing taxonomic history, which causes difficulty in determining its family placement depending on which species of Bestia was examined and what combination of morphological characters was considered most important for inferring relationships (J. R. Shevock et al. 2008). H. A. Crum (1987) placed Bestia in close relationship to Isothecium, in Brachytheciaceae. Bestia vancouveriensis was transferred to Thamnobryaceae as Porotrichum vancouveriense and subsequently elevated to generic rank as Bryolawtonia vancouveriensis.</p><!-- --><p>Although Bestia has been attributed to several families, recent DNA studies suggest that Bestia and Isothecium are closely related and belong to Lembophyllaceae. Bestia is morphologically similar to some species of Isothecium (especially I. myosuroides), but it has several distinguishing gametophytic features, primarily medial laminal cells uniformly short (less than 4:1) whereas the juxtacostal cells in Isothecium are elongate to 8:1. The long, straight, cylindric capsules with smaller peristome teeth differ markedly from the rather hypnaceous curved capsules in Isothecium.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Bestia |author=James R. Shevock |authority=Brotherus in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lembophyllaceae |distribution=Calif. |reference=None |publication title=in H. G. A. Engler and K. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. |publication year=1906 |special status=Endemic |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V28/V28_969.xml |genus=Bestia |branch leaf shape=ovate |capsule architecture or shape=symmetric |capsule orientation=erect |costa quantity=single |margin architecture or shape=serrulate |medial laminal cell quantity=1;0;4 |operculum shape=inclined-rostrate |peristome size=reduced |seta coloration=reddish tinged;stramineous |seta some measurement=0cm;1.5cm |stem architecture or shape=2-pinnate;pinnate |stem shape=ovate |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism size=large }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lembophyllaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lembophyllaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Bestia.