Huperzia wilsonii (Underw. & F.E.Lloyd) B.Øllg.
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Authority
Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.
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Family
Lycopodiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants ca. 20 cm long, erect when young, becoming pendent, 4–6 times dichotomous; stems ca. 1–1.5 mm diam. (not including leaves), stramineous to light brown; leaves spirally arranged in several ranks, sparsely covering the stems, spreading to somewhat ascending, linear, 1–1.3 cm x ca. 0.2–0.3 mm, leaf bases often tinged with red; sporophylls resembling vegetative leaves, not expanded at bases; sporangia conspicuous among the sparse narrow leaves.
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Discussion
Lycopodium wilsonii Underw. & F. E. Lloyd, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 111. 1906. Urostachys wilsonii (Underw. & F. E. Lloyd) Herter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 163. 1923. Type. Puerto Rico. Luquillo Mts., Wilson 271 (NY!). Lycopodium trichodendron Herter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43(Beibl. 98): 49. 1909. Urostachys trichodendron (Herter) Herter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 163. 1923. Lectotype (chosen by Herter, 1923: 163). Guadeloupe. Bory 103 (P). Lycopodium arcanum Maxon ex Yuncker, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 310, t. 3. 1938. Type. Honduras. Comayagua: Above El Achote, Yuncker, Dawson & Youse 6149 (US!).
Øllgaard (1983) reported that plants become pendent with age. It is rare in Guatemala at 1300–1500 m. Huperzia wilsonii closely resembles H. dichotoma but is distinct in its very narrow leaves.
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Distribution
Pendent epiphytes of wet montane forests on Atlantic slope; 1400–1600 m. Mexico; Guat, Nic, CR, Pan; Jam, PR, L Ant; Col, Ven, Trin, Ec, Peru.
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