Diphasium C.Presl ex Rothm., Feddes Repert., 2018
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.3.7 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4D3587F4-FFE4-FF9D-FF20-FA87FA9AF95B |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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Diphasium C.Presl ex Rothm., Feddes Repert. |
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spec. nov. |
Diphasium C.Presl ex Rothm., Feddes Repert. View in CoL Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 54: 64. 1951
= Lycopodium sect. Diphasium (C.Presl ex Rothm.) B.Øllg., Opera Bot. 92: 172. 1987.
In this genus, the sporophytes have subterranean or creeping to subscandent main stems; dorsiventral, anisophyllous branchlets with dimorphic leaves, two dorsolateral ranks of broad alternate leaves, and two or three ventral ranks of narrow membranous-tipped leaves; pedunculate or sessile strobili; subpeltate sporophylls; sporangial epidermal cells with sinuate, finely curled side walls; reticulate spores with large meshes and unornamented proximal faces; obconic gametophytes; and x = 34–36, ca. 90. The genus includes perhaps 5 species found in the Caribbean, Central America, Andes from Venezuela to Argentina and Chile, the Philippines, Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.
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Diphasium C.Presl ex Rothm., Feddes Repert.
Øllgaard, Benjamin, Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R. 2018 |
Lycopodium sect. Diphasium (C.Presl ex Rothm.) B.Øllg., Opera Bot.
Rothm. 1987: 172 |
Diphasium C.Presl ex
Rothm. 1951: 64 |