Phlegmariurus taxifolius (Sw.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Øllgaard, Benjamin, Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. II. Lycopodiaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (3), pp. 255-294 : 287

Phlegmariurus taxifolius (Sw.) Á.Löve & D.Löve , Taxon 26(2-3): 324. 1977. ( Fig. 19C )

= Lycopodium taxifolium Sw., Prodr. 138. 1788.

= Lycopodium passerinoides Kunth , Nova Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 41. 1815[1816].

= Huperzia taxifolia (Sw.) Trevis., Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 17: 248. 1874.

= Huperzia passerinoides (Kunth) Trevis., Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 17: 248. 1874.

Range: — Central America ; Antilles; northern South America south to Bolivia ( CO, LP) and Brazil (Paraná) .

Ecology: —Uncommon; epiphytic in lower to mid-elevation montane forests; 1000–3000 m.

Notes: —A variable species, the delimitation of which is problematic, especially in the northern Andes, Antilles, and Central America. Individuals that are morphologically intermediate between P.taxifolius , P. linifolius , and P. homocarpus (Herter) B.Øllg. are frequent.

Figures

FIGURE 19. A, Phlegmariurus phylicifolius, growth habit, A1, close-up of basal division, A2, close-up of sporangiate division (Camp 4235A, Ecuador, AAU).—B, Phlegmariurus subulatus, growth habit, B1, close-up of basal division, B2, close-up of sporangiate division (Camp 5189, Ecuador, AAU).—C, Phlegmariurus taxifolius, growth habit, C1, close-up of basal division, C2, close-up of sporangiate division (Bonpland, s.n., Peru, P).