Recent field work and examination of specimens at cas, mich, mo, ny, sfsu, ubc and uc lead us to conclude that Bestia longipes, contrary to some earlier literature reports, is endemic to coastal regions of north-central to southern California. Based on analyses of DNA nucleotide sequence data we recognize Bestia in the Lembophyllaceae.
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31 October 2008
Identification, Distribution, and Family Placement of the Pleurocarpous Moss Bestia Longipes
James R. Shevock,
Daniel H. Norris,
A. Jonathan Shaw
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Madroño
Vol. 55 • No. 4
October 2008
Vol. 55 • No. 4
October 2008
Bestia
California
Isothecium
Lembophyllaceae
Mosses