Phlegmariurus ericifolius (C.Presl) B.Øllg., Phytotaxa

Øllgaard, Benjamin, Kessler, Michael & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. II. Lycopodiaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (3), pp. 255-294 : 272

Phlegmariurus ericifolius (C.Presl) B.Øllg., Phytotaxa 57: 14. 2012. ( Fig. 12A )

= Lycopodium ericifolium C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1(1): 77. 1825.

= Huperzia ericifolia (C.Presl) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 20: 72. 1985.

Range: —Eastern Andean slope from Ecuador to Bolivia (LP).

Ecology: —Uncommon; pendulous epiphyte in lower montane forests; 850–1500 m.

Notes: — Phlegmariurus ericifolius is related to P. aqualupianus (Spring) B.Øllg. (Antilles, northern Venezuela to northwestern Colombia). Phlegmariurus ericifolius usually differs by its narrower, more acute expanded leaves in whorls of three, while P. aqualupianus usually has ovate, subacute to obtuse, decussate expanded leaves.

Figures

FIGURE 12. A, Phlegmariurus ericifolius, growth habit, A1, close-up of basal division, A2, close-up of terminal sporangiate division (Holm-Nielsen et al. 4384, Ecuador, AAU).—B, Phlegmariurus capillaris, growth habit, B1, close-up of sporangiate division (Hartweg 1464, Colombia, P).—C, Phlegmariurus dichotomus, growth habit, C1, close-up of sporangiate division (Holdridge 1654, Ecuador, GH).