Bestia (plant)

Bestia is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Lembophyllaceae.

Bestia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Lembophyllaceae
Genus: Bestia
Broth.

The genus name of Bestia is in honour of George Newton Best (1846–1926), an American bryologist, expert on moss taxonomy, and the second president of the Sullivant Moss Society.[1]

Species:

  • Bestia breweriana (Lesq.) Grout[2]
  • Bestia cristata (Hampe) L.F. Koch[2]
  • Bestia holzingeri (Renauld & Cardot) Broth.[2]
  • Bestia longipes (Sull. & Lesq.) Broth.[2]
  • Bestia obtusatula (Kindb.) Broth.[2]
  • Bestia occidentalis (Kindb.) Grout[2]
  • Bestia vancouveriensis (Kindb.) Wijk & Margad.[2]

References
  1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. "Bestia Broth". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 21 February 2021.


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