Phlegmariurus pseudovarius (Brownlie) Rouhan & A.R.Field

Rouhan, Germinal, Boullet, Vincent, Field, Ashley & Schuettpelz, Eric, 2021, Three new combinations and one lectotypification of fern and lycophyte taxa from the French overseas territories, Phytotaxa 497 (1), pp. 54-56 : 55

Phlegmariurus pseudovarius (Brownlie) Rouhan & A.R.Field , comb. nov.

Basionym: Lycopodium pseudovarium Brownlie (1969: 23 , t.1, f.13-15).

Synonym: Huperzia pseudovaria (Brownlie) Holub (1991: 93) .

Type :— New Caledonia. Prov. Sud: Mont Humboldt, 1200 m, February 1872, B . Balansa 3558 (holotype P [ P00523013 !]) .

Notes:—Following the classification proposed by Field et al. (2016) and later retained by PPG I (2016), this species formerly placed in Huperzia Bernhardi (1801: 126) belongs in Phlegmariurus Holub (1964: 21) . It is endemic to New Caledonia, but may possibly also occur in French Polynesia according to recent observations ( J. Nitta, pers. com.).

The type at P was determined in 2015 by A. Field as Phlegmariurus varius ( Brown 1810: 165) A.R. Field & Bostock (2013: 49) due to the lack of the combination P. pseudovarius , and because he thought it may be a synonym of Phlegmariurus varius . More recent work provides evidence supporting P. pseudovarius as distinct, along with at least two other species in this complex (Field, unpublished data).