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Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.

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Lycopodium volubile G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 86 (1786)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. 1985: A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23(3): 431–489.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
1786
86
ICN
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
species
Lycopodium volubile
From the Latin volubilis (entwining), a reference to the scrambling and climbing habit of this species.
Lectotype (selected by Nicolson & Fosberg 2003): no locality, J. Banks, Herb. G. Forst. No. 319, BM 001048401!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Lycopodiopsida
Lycopodiales
Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium
volubile

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.

Main stems scandent, branched, up to 5 m. long, wiry, flexuose, with scattered minute appressed lvs. Lvs dimorphic. Lateral lvs flattened, subdistichous, spreading, 3-5 mm. long, lanceolate with broad decurrent base, ascending, falcate, acuminate, midrib evident; other lvs minute, linear, appressed. Strobili 2-10 cm. long, terminal on paniculate branchlets. Sporophylls small, broad-ovate, abruptly narrowed to subulate tip.

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Lepidotis volubilis (G.Forst.) Rothm.
Lepidotis volubilis (G.Forst.) Rothm.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium durvillaei A.Rich.
Lycopodium d'urvillaei A.Rich.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Lycopodium volubile var. durvillaei (A.Rich.) Nessel
Lycopodium volubile var. d'urvillaei (A.Rich.) Nessel
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
Pseudodiphasium volubile (G.Forst.) Holub
Pseudodiphasium volubile (G.Forst.) Holub
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.

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Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
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Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
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Fiord
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Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
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Ruahine-Cook
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Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
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Thames
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Lycopodium volubile G.Forst.
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Western
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Nicolson & Fosberg 2003): no locality, J. Banks, Herb. G. Forst. No. 319, BM 001048401!
Nicolson, D.H.; Fosberg, F.R. 2003: The Forsters and the Botany of the Second Cook Expedition (1772–1775). Regnum Vegetabile 139: 1–760.
Etymology
From the Latin volubilis (entwining), a reference to the scrambling and climbing habit of this species.

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3885181a-92f3-4946-b2de-480a57f7696c
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 March 2007
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