Claim · model-written summary
Plants form mats or loose tufts and stems are 3-12 cm long.
- Taxon
- Hygrohypnum bestiiHygrohypnella bestiit0
- Outcome
- stemse0
- Value
- 3-12 cme0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Verbatim
t0“Hygrohypnum bestii”
e0“Plants in mats or loose tufts, soft or often stiff and harsh, green to yellow-green or brownish, usually large; stems 3-12 cm long”
Title
Fruiting Hygrohypnum bestii (Ren. & Bryhn) Holz.
Elva Lawton The Bryologist 1966. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1966)69[237:fhbrbh]2.0.co;2
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Hygrohypnum bestii is dioicous.
- Observation Hygrohypnum bestii is not closely related to autoicous H. molle despite similar leaf characters.
- Observation The inner perichaetial bracts have a strong midrib and broad bistratose lamina regions relative to other American congeners.
- Observation Fruiting Hygrohypnum bestii plants were found in Washington and Oregon.
- Observation The dioicous condition and perichaetial bract structure indicate H. bestii is not a subspecies of H. molle.
- Observation The gametophyte is variable.
- Observation Stem and large branch leaves measure 1.4-3.4 by 1.2-2.3 mm.
- Observation Median leaf cells measure 40-125 by 7-10u.
- Observation Male and female plants are similar, with reproductive structures in leaf axils.